Udhagamandalam: Nilgiris gets 7,000 doses of Covishield

UDHAGAMANDALAM: The Nilgiris district received 7,000 doses of Covishield on Thursday, even as it reported 584 fresh cases of Covid-19. While the district has seen 20,825 people testing positive for the virus to date, 16,513 have recovered so far, including the 440 patients who were discharged from various treatment centres on the day.
There are 4,207 active cases in the district and at least 50% of them is in-home quarantine.The remaining cases are being treated in the government hospitals and 13 Covid care centres in the district.
District collector J Innocent Divya, meanwhile, hinted that there won’t be much hindrance to the vaccination drive as the district was likely to get regular supply of vaccine henceforth.
Of the 7,000 Covishield doses that arrived in the district on the day, 5,900 were distributed to the primary health centres (PHCs) in the rural areas, 800 to the PHCs in the municipal limits and 50 each to the six government hospitals in the district. In addition, 1,000 doses of Covaxin were also distributed among a few centres.
“It is a good sign that people are coming forward to get inoculated. We are expecting regular supply of the vaccine in the coming weeks,” Divya said.
She said there were more than 600 containment zones in the district, where vigil has been tightened. “Vigil on border check posts has also been enhanced. Especially, the veracity of e-registration of the people entering the district is double checked.”
Divya inspected the containments zones in Gudalur and Nelliyalam municipalities on Thursday and appealed the people there not to venture out for 14 days and cooperate with the administration in containing the virus spread.