First dose of Covid vaccine given to 90 per cent of eligible population in Gujarat: Govt

Gandhinagar: Minister of Health and Family Welfare Rushikesh Patel informed that the goal of achieving 100 percent Covid-19 vaccination in Gujarat will be fulfilled in upcoming days, as per a press note.

State Health Minister Rushikesh Patel informed that Gujarat is a leading state in the country in terms of per million vaccination. He added that the first doses of Covid-19 vaccine are administered to 90 percent of the eligible population and the efforts will be made to administer the second doses by tracking and tracing the eligible people. Three corporations and four districts of the state have completed 100 percent vaccination in the state, he said.

The contribution of Gujarat is over 6.7 % in the overall vaccination in the country. The number of total vaccine doses administered in the state so far is over 6.76 crores. Total 4,41,65,347 beneficiaries are given the first dose and 2,35,06,129 beneficiaries are given the second dose of the vaccine in the state so far. The 100 percent coverage of vaccination is achieved in 15,436 villages, 491 primary health centres, 30 urban health centres and 53 talukas in the state by administering the first dose of vaccine to the people above 18 years of age, he added. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya had declared Gujarat as winner of Best vaccination drive by states.

He added that the state government had purchased 26,25,270 doses of Covishield vaccine and 2,29,240 doses of Covaxin vaccine. Gujarat Medical Services Corporation Limited has paid Rs 82.69 crores to Serum Institute for the purchase of Covishield and Rs 10.46 crores to Bharat Biotech for the purchase of Covaxin. The central government has provided a total 6,52,20,120 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Gujarat including total 5,75,80,180 doses of Covishield and total 76,39,940 doses of Covaxin till 20th October. The state government has 2250 vaccine stores for the storage of Covid-19 vaccine and over 12 thousand trained vaccinators are available in the state.

The analysis about whether the patients visiting PHCs, CHCs and civil hospitals have taken the Covid-19 vaccine or not will be done across the state and the arrangements of administering vaccines to them will also be made. DeshGujarat