BHOPAL: With 8.24 lakh vaccine doses administered in the state on Tuesday, Indore became the first district of the state where 100% eligible population has received at least the first dose of vaccine.
Overall 28.08 lakh people have received first dose of vaccine in Indore. After Indore, it is Agar district where 90% of the population has received at least the first dose. Then it is state capital Bhopal where 88% of the eligible population has received the first dose of vaccine. In Sehore district, 86% of the population has received at least the first dose of vaccine. Earlier Indore, Dewas, Shahdol urban areas were 100% covered with first dose of vaccine.
With 8.24 lakh doses being administered on Tuesday a total of 4.63 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the state so far.
Mass vaccination was carried out across the state on Monday, sources said that vaccination will now be carried out everyday in the state.
Vaccination of pregnant women had also started in the state from July 23 onwards however the vaccination of expecting women is carried out only on Tuesdays and Fridays, so far more than 1 lakh pregnant and expecting women have been vaccinated with the first dose of vaccine, said sources.
Among the districts where maximum doses were administered on Tuesday include Sagar where 41,944 doses were administered, then it was Ratlam district where 37926 doses were administered, followed by Rewa where 34133 doses were administered, then it was Indore district where 33501 doses were administered.
The state government has set a target of administering at least one dose to all the 5.5 crore eligible beneficiaries of the state by the end of September this year.
Vaccination centres shifted as schools reopen
BHOPAL: Functionality of vaccine sites in schools would be closely watched by health department from Wednesday as schools reopen. In urban parts of the city, school campuses have served well as vaccination centres.
“School reopening has been anticipated by the health department. The number of sites in schools has been reduced. We have moved to community halls and other sites. So far we have not received request from any of the schools to move the vaccine centre,” said Bhopal Covid-19 immunization in charge, Dr Upendra Dubey.
20 vaccination sites were operating in school campuses on Tuesday. 3182 or almost 9% of all doses in Bhopal were administered in vaccination sites run in school campuses. Overall there were 308 sites which administered vaccine doses across the district on Tuesday.
8099 or about 25% of vaccines administered was at Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) run centres on Tuesday. Six in 10 vaccine doses administered in Bhopal on Tuesday were to beneficiaries seeking their second dose of vaccine, according to government data. Overall, 32,752 doses were administered during the day.
Total vaccination doses administered in Bhopal stands at 23,49,003. Dose one beneficiary count is at 17,23,497, while 6,25,506 people are fully inoculated.
