Vaccination site at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) Jambo Covid Hospital in Mumbai on Thursday morning (Express photo by Pradip Das)
The lack of transparency about the vaccination schedule in these private hospitals makes it difficult for older people and people with comorbidities in the priority group to schedule appointments, said Sharma, who also heads the empowered committee for the administration of Covid-19 vaccines. .
According to him, “all” hospitals participating in the government’s mass vaccination program against Covid have access to a facility management panel. Hospitals are expected to use this board to make vaccination schedules and declare vacant jab slots. Hospitals are supposed to give priority to those who make appointments for vaccines over walk-ins, he said.
India’s COVID-19 count had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7 last year, the 30 lakh mark on August 23, the 40 lakh mark on September 5, and the 50 lakh mark on 16 of September.
It went from 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and the one crore mark on December 19.
According to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), so far 21,99,40,742 samples have been tested for the viral disease in the country, including 7,61,834 on Thursday.
The 113 new deaths include 60 from Maharashtra, 15 from Punjab and 14 from Kerala.
Of the total 1,57,548 COVID-19 deaths reported so far in the country, Maharashtra accounts for 52,340, followed by Tamil Nadu (12,508), Karnataka (12,350), Delhi (10,915), West Bengal (10,273), Uttar Pradesh (8,729) ) and Andhra Pradesh (7,171). The Ministry of Health highlighted that more than 70 percent of deaths from COVID-19 in the country were caused by comorbidities.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council for Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that a state distribution of the figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
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