BHOPAL: Vaccination of first and second dose to beneficiaries would be held across 27 districts in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday while in the remaining districts maintenance of the cold-chain equipment will be carried out on July 10.
Both the doses of Covisheild vaccine will be administered in these districts, and in few districts along with this the second dose of Covaxin will also be administered, said sources State vaccination officer, Dr Santosh Shukla said, “We are aiming to administer around 6.48 lakh vaccine doses on Saturday”.
Sources said that the availability of covaxin is limited and during the initial phases of vaccination in the state a large number of frontline workers as well as health workers were administered with covaxin, special emphasis is being done to administer the second dose to the eligible ones.
The districts where vaccination will be carried out on Saturday include Betul, Bhopal, Barwani, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Bhind, Guna, Morena, Balaghat, Katni, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Seoni, Chhattarpur, Damoh, Panna, Tikamgarh, Agar, Mandsaur, Shajapur, Anuppur, Satna, Sidhi, Singrauli and Umaria districts.
In state capital Bhopal vaccination will be carried out across 73 sites where more than 18000 vaccine doses will be administered. Majority of the doses will be administered through online booking of slots on cowin portal, only limited on spot slots will be available at the vaccination sites, said sources.
