Will Get Vaccinated Once Priority Groups Inoculated: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Bhopal:

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday mentioned he’ll take the Covid vaccine shot after precedence teams are inoculated.

Addressing commissioners, district collectors and superintendents of police within the state by way of video conferencing, Shivraj Singh Chouhan mentioned all districts of Madhya Pradesh are prepared for COVID-19 vaccination.

“All sorts of preparations have been made. I’ve determined to not get vaccinated for now. First, we’ll make sure that the precedence teams get vaccinated and later I’ll go for vaccination,” the chief minister tweeted with particulars of his deal with in the course of the assembly.

India’s medication regulator on Sunday authorised Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use within the nation, paving the best way for a large inoculation drive.

On Saturday, almost 75 well being staff underwent dummy vaccination in Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal as a part of the primary dry run of COVID-19 vaccine programme within the state, an official earlier mentioned.

He mentioned as per the plan, 20,000 to 25,000 coronavirus warriors will first obtain the vaccine when the inoculation course of begins within the state.

The state authorities just lately ordered closure of all COVID care centres within the state, besides these in Bhopal, from January 1 in view of the low occupancy of beds.

When requested concerning the precise variety of the COVID care centres which are actually closed, state extra director (well being) Veena Sinha informed information company PTI on Sunday that these centres have been opened as per want and there was no mounted quantity.

At present, no affected person or suspected COVID-19 case are admitted at these centres, following which the choice was taken to close them, she mentioned.

“Anyway, COVID-19 sufferers are getting remedy at hospitals and are additionally remoted at dwelling,” she added.

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