More than 5 lakh health workers and frontline workers vaccinated against Coronavirus in Maharashtra so far

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Feb 09, 2021

9:11PM

More than 5 lakh health workers and frontline workers vaccinated against Coronavirus in Maharashtra so far

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Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope today said that so far, more than five lakh health workers and frontline workers have been vaccinated against Coronavirus in the state. He said, in the third phase, people above the age of 50 years and those under 50 with co-morbidities will be vaccinated. He said, the registration process for the same is likely to begin from 1st of March.

Speaking to the media after the meeting in Mumbai, the Health Minister said that vaccination has been started in the state as per the instructions of the Central Government. He said, the number of Vaccination Centres is being increased gradually. Currently, there are 652 Vaccination Centres in the state. He added that about 40,000 to 45,000 health workers are being vaccinated every day in the state.

Mr Tope said, so far, 10 lakh 54 thousand health workers have been registered on the CoWin portal, out of which 4,68,293 health workers have been vaccinated. While five lakh 47,000 frontline workers have been registered out of which 41,453 have been vaccinated. He informed that no serious adverse events were reported anywhere in the state during the vaccination drive so far. He said, despite the vaccination campaign, citizens are required to abide by the Corona rules.