Coronavirus vaccine: Uttar Pradesh will begin the 2nd dround of COVID-19 vaccination on FridayCOVID-19 Vaccination: The second day of COVID-19 vaccination drive is set to take location in Uttar Pradesh on Friday. The state government plans to vaccinate about 1.5 lakh well being workers tomorrow. “The second leg of the COVID-19 vaccination will be held on Friday. Around 1,400 to 1,500 centres have been set up in the state for the vaccination of health workers,” Principal Secretary (Health) Alok Kumar mentioned. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the countrywide vaccination drive on January 16. On the initial day, more than 20,000 well being care workers had been offered the shots at 317 centres across Uttar Pradesh.Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16The state has received about 9.11 lakh vaccine doses till Wednesday evening, according to Mr Kumar. “We have about nine lakh health workers and keeping in mind the two doses needed to be given to them, we have enough vaccine doses to administer,” he mentioned, adding that following Friday, the vaccines will be offered on Thursdays and Fridays.The Bharat Biotech-manufactured Covaxin was administred to well being workers at 11 places in Ambedkar Nagar, Badaun, Firozabad, Bahraich and Jhansi districts. At the remaining 306 centres, the Covishield vaccine was offered.Health workers who have been administered the vaccine earlier will get the second dose following 28 days.Uttar Pradesh has reported a case load of 5,97,823 infections so far like more than 8,500 deaths. On Thursday, six more deaths and 195 fresh infections had been reported. The quantity of active coronavirus instances in the state stands at 7,717, according to officials.
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