Haryana Health  Department has administered 1,08,900 vaccine doses to the beneficiaries on the second

Haryana Health  Department has administered 1,08,900 vaccine doses to the beneficiaries on the second ‘Mega Vaccination Day’ of the week today across the state.

• Chandigarh, March 31 – Haryana Health  Department has administered 1,08,900 vaccine doses to the beneficiaries on the second ‘Mega Vaccination Day’ of the week today across the state.
• Sharing information in this regard, Additional Chief Secretary, Health Sh. Rajeev Arora said that Tuesday being a ‘Mega Vaccination Day’ the Health Department had administered 1,08,900 vaccine doses to beneficiaries and by adding today’s figures the number will be 15,91,599 doses.
• Sharing information on the Vaccination Centres across the state Sh. Arora said that today there are 1,058 Vaccination Centres across the state which are evenly spread. Of these Centres, 874 are government run and 184 are private Centres, he added. He elaborated that these Centres have been strategically placed in highly populated areas across the state and even in the rural areas to ensure maximum penetration of the vaccine so as to curtail the spread of highly contagious COVID-19 virus.
• Most of the beneficiaries were above 60 years of age or between 45 years to 60 years with co-morbidities, he added.
• On the administration of vaccines to Health Care Workers (HCWs) and Frontline Workers (FLWs) Sh. Arora said that 1,86,258 Health Care Workers (HCWs) have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine which cover around 72 per cent of the HCWs and around 1,12,424 Health Care Workers (HCWs) have been administered the second dose which covers around 60 per cent of the HCWs. Sharing the details of the Frontline Workers (FLWs) he said that 1,11,073 FLWs have been administered the first dose of the vaccine that is 67 per cent of FLWs and 39,255 FLWs have been administered the second dose which makes it 35 per cent. On the vaccine administered to beneficiaries above 60 years, within the age group of 45 to 60 years (with co-morbidities) and general citizens the first dose of the vaccine has been given to 11,40,445 beneficiaries and 2,144 beneficiaries have been given the second dose of the vaccine.

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