As many as 93,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccination would be administered to the frontline warriors in Himachal in the first phase of vaccination.
“These frontline warriors include health care workers of the State, Central Government and armed forces and 46 sites have been selected all over Himachal to carry out the entire vaccination exercise,” said the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while presiding over a meeting to review arrangement made for Covid-19 vaccination in the state.
The Chief Minister said the State Government has constituted State Level Steering Committee under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, State Task Force chaired by Secretary Health, District Task Force by concerned Deputy Commissioner and Block Task Force chaired by respective SDM to monitor effective administration of vaccination of COVID-19.
He said that State Vaccination Store has been set up at Shimla whereas regional vaccine stores have been set up at Mandi and Dharamshala. District Vaccine Stores have been set up in all 12 districts of the state, besides 371 stores in Medical Colleges, block level, CHC and PHCs, he said.
Thakur said that tentative vaccine allocation would be calculated for each launch site with an additional 10 percent wastage of vaccine.
He said that vial once opened would be utilized within four hours.
