Rajasthan received 2.44 lakh doses of Covishield on Tuesday morning.
Rajasthan received 2.44 lakh doses of Covishield on Tuesday morning.
The doses will be used for giving the second shot of vaccine to healthcare workers from February 13 besides being used for mop-up rounds of frontline workers and healthcare workers scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
On Tuesday, only seven districts organised vaccination sessions including Bundi, Chittorgarh, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, and Tonk.
The achievement percentage of target remained at 98% as 3,695 frontline workers got the jab against the target of the day of 3,789. Among those, three cases of adverse events following immunisation were reported.
The cumulative figures of healthcare workers and frontline workers who got the jab rose to 4,91,543.
A health department official said they had started preparations for giving the second dose of vaccine to healthcare workers from February 13.
Those who are completing 28 days of getting the first dose will get the second dose on February 13 and it will go on till all the healthcare workers get the second dose. The third phase of the vaccination drive is beginning in March when people above 50 years will get the vaccine.
While the COVID vaccination drive is progressing, 90 persons tested positive the state on Tuesday taking its overall tally to 3,18,384. No death was reported due to the virus in the last 24 hours and currently, the state’s toll stands at 2774.
Districts that reported new cases are Jaipur (19), Kota (16), Ajmer(13), Jodhpur (12), Banswara (5), Nagaur (5), Udaipur (5), Dungarpur (3), Jhlawar(3), Bhilwara (2), Chittorgarh (2), Pratapgarh (2), Bundi (1), Sriganganagar (1)and Jhunjhunu (1).
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