Chennai Mar 26 PTI Tamil Nadu inoculated 592008 lakh people against COVID-19 in the 26th mega vaccination exercise on Saturday of which 164779 received their first dose while 401731 got the second dose the health department has said As many as 25498 people received the precautionary booster dose during the campaign a press release said In Tamil Nadu 9219 per cent of people over the age of 18 years received the first dose while 7612 per cent got the second dose In the 25th mega vaccination camp conducted till last Saturday March 19 vaccines were administered to 390 crore people Vaccinations to 12-14 year olds commenced on March 16 and till date 1192322 people received the first dose On vaccinations to 15-18 year olds the release said 2867806 people received the first dose and 2080468 second dose the bulletin said The precautionary booster dose was administered to 778122 people till date since the commencement of exercise on January 10 2022 In view of the vaccination camp today there would not be any special inoculation exercise on Sunday March 27 the release said PTI VIJ VIJ HDA HDA

Kolkata Nov 22 PTI Around 18 lakh people in West Bengal have not turned up in time for the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine owing to a number of reasons - contracting the virus after the first shot death or migration to other states for work - according to a recent survey conducted by the health departmentThe figure includes beneficiaries of the first dose of both Covaxin and Covishield the prescribed duration of the second dose of which are 28-42 days and 84-112 days respectively the study conducted in 23 districts and five health districts of the state showed Close to 18 lakh people have not appeared for the second dose Its a very serious matter a senior health department official told PTIHooghly topped the list of people who are yet to take the second dose of the jab 140403 while the lowest count was in Kalimpong 11746 he said quoting the surveyThere are many who passed away before their scheduled second dose while some contracted the virus after the first shot and could not proceed for the next dose the official saidQuite a few of them also changed their mobile numbers after the initial dose and could not be traced he added Another official said a large number of labourers who went to other states in search of employment after the lockdown norms were relaxed added to the number of people missing out on the second doseSeveral frontline workers and officials including central forces who had arrived in the state during the assembly elections earlier this year and inoculated here left before taking the second dose This also added to the tally of those who skipped the second shot he saidState Family Welfare Officer Ashim Das Malakar has directed the officials concerned to call on the mobile numbers of individuals who have not turned up for the second doseThe health department has also decided to send field workers to visit the homes of such beneficiaries to find out the reason behind the delay in taking the subsequent doseI can tell you that those who have not come up for the second dose during the stipulated time period can still get jabbed There is nothing to worry about the official saidA total of 61443875 people have been inoculated in the state with at least one dose of the Covid vaccine till date PTI SCH RBT RBT