Assam identifies 1,600 sites for first phase of corona vaccination
Assam identifies 1,600 sites for first phase of corona vaccination
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Coronavirus is wreaking havoc all around the world. The Assam government is taking strong steps to prevent the outbreak. The state has identified 1,600 session sites to carry out the first phase of the corona vaccination in the state.A five-member team, including the vaccinator and his staff, will inoculate 100 people in each of the session sites on a particular day.

According to the report, the inaugural exercise of the vaccination is likely to be completed in the State in two-three days. However, the beneficiary will have to take a second dose after 28 days.Till yesterday, 1.54 healthcare workers of the State and 4,537 of central agencies have registered for the vaccine on the portal Co-WIN in the State.

Assam's current vaccine storage capacity is 3.70 crore doses. The State Vaccine Centre, five regional vaccine centres at Silchar, Goalpara, Tezpur, Jorhat and Dibrugarh and 723 cold chain points will come into play in the exercise. Meanwhile, ninety people in India have so far contracted the new strain of coronavirus, which was first detected in the United Kingdom in September, the Health Ministry said this today. Eight of these cases of the mutant strain - believed to be more infectious.

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