4.5 lakh vaccinated in single day, highest since 2nd wave hit Rajasthan in mid-April

JAIPUR: With 4.54 lakh people vaccinated on Wednesday, it was the highest in the state since the second wave hit Rajasthan in mid-April. The highest number of doses administered so far in the state was 5.81 lakh per day (on April 7). On Wednesday, 3.87 lakh doses were administered to the 18-44 age group, the highest in the state so far for this category.
Health department officials said having merged the vaccines allocated for 45+ and 18+ categories, it increased the number of doses administered to the age group 18-44.According to an official, over 4 lakh doses, which were administered on April 4, is the third-highest so far and administering 4.54 lakh doses on Wednesday was the second highest.

“The vaccines which were meant for 45+ category have been used for the 18-44 category. Both the categories will anyway get merged from June 21. Till June 21, whatever we will purchase, will be used for this (for both categories). We have the capacity to administer 10 lakh doses of vaccines per day provided vaccines are available with us. To administer 10 lakh doses per day for the next 2-3 days, we need to have a stock of 30 to 40 lakh,” said state’s medical and health secretary Siddharth Mahajan.