This story is from September 19, 2021

50% coverage of first dose in most of Telangana

Highest vaccination coverage in a single day so far in the state was achieved on Friday with 5.27 lakh doses being administered. While the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has completed 96% of coverage of first doses, so far other parts of the state have reached 50% coverage of first dose. The state health authorities have set a target of vaccinating 2.8 crore individuals in the next four weeks.
50% coverage of first dose in most of Telangana
HYDERABAD: Highest vaccination coverage in a single day so far in the state was achieved on Friday with 5.27 lakh doses being administered. While the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has completed 96% of coverage of first doses, so far other parts of the state have reached 50% coverage of first dose. The state health authorities have set a target of vaccinating 2.8 crore individuals in the next four weeks.
The health department had already ramped up vaccination by undertaking special drives over the last fortnight.
“So far, a total of 1.54 crore first doses have been administered, which is almost 54% of the population above 18 years of age, and 20% have been given the second dose. In the last three days, we have administered an average of 5 lakh doses and we will be administering around 1 crore doses in the next four weeks, so that atleast one dose is completed for the entire targeted population before the third wave strikes,” said Dr G Srinivasa Rao, director of public health, Telangana.
Among the various districts, Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal, Warangal (Urban), Karimnagar, Rajanna-Sircilla and Yadadri- Bhuvanagiri are the top seven when it comes to vaccination coverage. Among the districts with the least coverage are Nagarkurnool, Adilabad, Wanaparthy, Vikarabad, Kumarambheem and Jogulamba Gadwal.
Meanwhile, among the different categories of beneficiaries including healthcare workers, frontline workers, those aged 45 years and above and between 18 years and 45 years, mostly persons aged 45 years and above have been administered the second dose. This category accounted for 33.9 lakh of the total 58 lakh second doses administered in the state. The maximum number of first doses have been given to those aged between 18 years and 45 years.
Even as the health department races against time to complete vaccinations in view of the festive season having begun and a spike expected after the season, some isolated cases are being reported. “The number of Covid-19 cases are low. We are not seeing any clusters but mostly isolated, sporadic cases so far. Unless there is a new variant of the virus, we do not expect a spike in cases,” added the official.
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