Government Begins Administering of Booster Doses Amid Rise in Covid Cases

Government | Hyderabad, April 19 (Maxim News): The Telangana government commenced administering booster doses as a precautionary measure in view of the increase in Covid-19 cases. today.

The state government has arranged 5 lakh doses of Corbevax, manufactured by Hyderabad-based Biological E. The State government has made all arrangements to administer the vaccines to all the eligible citizens at Government Covid Vaccine Centres like primary health centers and urban primary health centers.

Director of Public Health and Family Welfare G. Srinivasa Rao said the doses have been arranged in view of the rise in Covid cases in many countries around the world as well as in some states within the country. Corbevax can be administered as a precautionary dose to those beneficiaries who have taken Covaxin or Covishield as the first and second doses. The government of India has already approved Corbevax for heterological administration.

The Director of Public Health appealed to people to use this opportunity and ensure that all the left were out. he said as the Centre asking the states to directly procure Covid vaccines and booster shots from the open market, the Telangana government had decided to procure 15 lakh doses from Hyderabad-based Biological E to resume vaccination

Telangana is witnessing an increase in Covid cases for the last few days. The daily count has almost doubled in the last week. On Tuesday, the state recorded 52 cases, up from 41 the previous day. The number of active cases has also gone up from 269 to 281. Hyderabad logged 21 new Covid cases on Tuesday. The state’s Covid recovery rate remained at 99.48 percent. (Maxim News)

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