Karnataka to receive 2 lakh doses of Covishield: Restart vaccination for 18-44 age group from Saturday

Bengaluru: Karnataka will receive 2 lakh doses of Covishied vaccine on Friday as part of the order placed by the state government, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar. “Karnataka will receive 2 lakh doses of Covishield today from order placed by state govt.

The Karnataka government has announced that it will resume inoculation of people in the age group of 18 to 44 from Saturday. The development comes after the state government said it will receive two lakh doses of Covishield on Friday. “Vaccination for 18-44 years age group is being resumed from May 22 and state procured vaccines will be utilised to vaccinate the eligible beneficiaries,” a government order stated.

So far we have received 1,24,20,510 doses including 1,13,26340 (1,01,60,060 Covisheid and 11,66,280 Covaxin) from Government of India and 10,94,170 (9,50,000 Covishield and 1,44,170 Covaxin) from state procurement,” tweeted Dr K Sudhakar.

Vaccines will be administered in a phased manner, with frontline warriors in the age group being the first to receive the jab. “The state has identified corona frontline warriors who will be receiving the vaccines initially,” said the order. The deputy commissioners and the chief commissioner of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will be in charge of the vaccination in Bengaluru.

Nodal officers for each category will be nominated by the deputy commissioners in districts and chief commissioner of BBMP to facilitate Covid-19 vaccine Covishield, said the order. They will also issue eligibility certificates of the category under which the beneficiaries will be vaccinated, the order stated. According to the order, the mode of implementation will be workplace vaccination.

Those willing to get vaccinated should produce eligibility certificates for registration on the CoWIN portal. The certificate can be any valid identity card approved by the Government of India, the order said. “The number of vaccination sites and vaccinations per day will be decided by the district authorities based on the availability of vaccines,” it said.

The state government also clarified that other priority groups will be vaccinated as per the list. State Health minister K Sudhakar said Karnataka has so far received 1,22,20,510 doses and vaccinated 1,13,61,234 people.