Names Of Dead, Retired Nurses Among Those Registered To Get COVID-19 Vaccine In UP
A dead nurse has been registered as a frontline worker who will receive a shot of the Covid vaccine in the first phase of inoculation in Uttar Pradesh in Ayodhya.?
The list, which has been prepared by the state Health Department for Ayodhya's Dufferin Hospital has several shortcomings. Among other names, the list mentions the names of three nurses, one of whom is dead, the other one has retired and the third nurse has resigned. All of them are part of the list of the persons who will get the vaccine.
Probe ordered on 'faulty' vaccine list
UP Health minister Jai Pratap Singh has now ordered a probe in the matter and assured that action will be taken against the responsible officials.According to the local officials, the names were mistakenly included in the list, which was prepared three months ago and was yet to be updated.?
Essential workers in Uttar Pradesh will be vaccinated at 852 centres across the state on January 16, when the national COVID vaccination drive begins.On Monday, a second dry run for COVID-19 vaccination was conducted at 1,500 centres in Uttar Pradesh.
The much-awaited COVID-19 vaccination drive will start from January 16, the central government said on Saturday.?
3 crore frontline workers on priority
In order of priority, an estimated 3 crores healthcare and frontline workers will be administered the covid-19 vaccines, followed by those above 50 years of age and the under-50 population groups with co-morbidities numbering around 27 crores, the government said.?
The decision came post a detailed review meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wherein it was decided that in view of the forthcoming festivals including Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Magh Bihu, etc., the COVID-19 vaccination can be started from 16th January 2021.?
About the two vaccines in India
India has recently granted emergency authorisation to two coronavirus vaccines — Covishield by Serum Institute of India and Covaxin by Bharat Biotech. Covishield is a a 'virus-vectored' vaccine that uses a weakened version of a chimpanzee common coldvirus that encodes instructions for making proteins from the novel coronavirus to generate an immune response and prevent infection. Researchers claim the vaccine protected against disease in 62% of those given two full doses and in 90% of those initially given a half dose.?
Covaxin has been derived from a strain of the novel coronavirus isolated by the National Institute of Virology in Pune. Bharat Biotech developed an “inactivated" vaccine at its high-containment facility at Genome Valley in Hyderabad.
