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Covid-19: Purnia achieves 81.39% vax target

At least 31,553 doses of Covid vaccines were administered at 358 places in the district on Thursday. Besides this, Purnia urban, which includes Banmankhi and Kasba, achieved 81.39% vaccination saturation.
Covid-19: Purnia achieves 81.39% vax target
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PURNIA: At least 31,553 doses of Covid vaccines were administered at 358 places in the district on Thursday. Besides this, Purnia urban, which includes Banmankhi and Kasba, achieved 81.39% vaccination saturation.
Civil surgeon Dr SK Verma on Friday said, “The vaccination drive on Thursday at 358 sites in the district, was a record in itself. The drive was carried on Friday also.
In a single day (Thursday), 31,553 doses of both Covishield and Covaxin were given to beneficiaries. But, majority of them got Covishield as the supply of Covaxin was less in comparison to Covishield,” Dr Verma added.
Giving the break up of the Purnia urban, the CS said, “Purnia urban received 1,52,245 doses of vaccines, Banmankhi (16,050) and Kasba (13,217) so far and the cumulative figure is 1,81,512. Therefore, against the target of 2,23,021, a total 1,81,512 doses were given to people which is 81.39% of the target.”
Besides, the total vaccination saturation in the district went up to 8,88,112 in which 1,57,998 received their second dose, he added.
On rapid antigen and RT-PCR tests and detection of active Covid cases, Dr Verma, said, “On August 5, at least 3,833 rapid antigen test and 1,235 RT-PCR were conducted in which no positive case was found. Similarly, on August 4 and August 3, total 5,449 and 5,722 rapid antigen and RT-PCR tests were done in which no positive cases were found.”
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