08-09-05-21 Daily-Jharkhand-JPSC Current Affairs

Chief minister Hemant Soren on Friday inaugurated the Phase III statewide Covid-19 freevaccination driveto inoculate people in the age group of 18 and 44 years. Of the total of 1.57 crore beneficiaries eligible in this phase, 37,682 people were vaccinated at 585 sites on the inaugural day.

Soren inaugurated the drive from thevaccinationsession site set up for the phase at Shri Krishna Institute of Public Administration (SKIPA) on Meurs Road and he oversaw the vaccination of the first two beneficiaries.

Though Soren promised free Vaccines for all in the state, the Health department is yet to chalk out its strategy for initiating the drive in private hospitals of the state. As of Friday,Jharkhandhad 1,483 session sites, of which 37 are private. Sources in the department said the vaccine will be administered at sites run by the government until further consignments of Covishield andCovaxinarrive in the state. Currently, Jharkhand has procured a little over four lakh doses for the drive.