Karnataka Government’s Big Decision Amid Shortages Of Covaxin
Karnataka Government’s big decision amid shortages of covaxin. Government’s big decision amid shortages of covaxine in Karnataka, only 45+ people will get the second dose.
Due to the shortage of Covaxin stock in Karnataka, only people over 45 years of age will be given the second dose of vaccine.
The Karnataka government has directed the health authorities to give a second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine only to people above 45 years of age due to a shortage of vaccines.
In an official order on Monday, the state government said, ‘To deal with the current situation of short supply of Covaxin in the state of Karnataka.
It has been advised that all private health care institutions should use the available stock of Covaxin.
According to the Indian government’s Covid vaccination program, only dosages should be given to people over 45 years of age waiting for the second dose of covaxin. ‘
According to the state health bulletin yesterday, 25,311 new cases of infection have been reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours.
At the same time, 57,333 people have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from Corona, and 529 deaths have been recorded.
The state currently has 4,40,435 active cases. The state is also seeing an increase in cases of black fungus.
State Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said yesterday that 446 cases of black fungus infection have been reported so far in Karnataka and 12 people have died.
Subsequently, Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister DV Sadananda Gowda announced that 1,030 additional vials of Amphotericin-B, a drug used to treat black fungus, have been allocated to Karnataka
Gowda posted on Twitter and gave information about the allocation of drugs. Three days ago, the Karnataka government extended the lockdown to 6 am on 7 June to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
