State has been assured a supply of over 16 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses in the second half of July and the first installment of 3.16 lakh doses was delivered to Ranchi on Thursday, health officials said.
According to the schedule of vaccine supply shared by the union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) with the State government, Jharkhand will be provided as many as 14,66,300 doses of Covishield and 1,35,100
doses of Covaxin from July 15 to July 29.
Ranchi got the highest share of 27,080 Covishield doses from the first lot that arrived on Thursday, while 22,000 doses were sent to Dhanbad.
East Singhbhum and Giridih received 21500 doses each. At least 17,500 doses were sent to Bokaro and 13,500 to West Singhbhum.
As per the schedule fixed by the Centre, on July 21, at least 2,13,340 Covishield doses and 31,130 Covaxin doses will be delivered to Jharkhand.
The state will receive 2,30,430 Covishield doses and 35,570 Covaxin doses on July 24. At least 2,53,580 Covishield doses will be delivered to Jharkhand the next day and 4,51,970 Covishield doses will reach the state on July 29.
The state will also get 68,400 doses of Covaxin on the same day.
After a lull of several days, the vaccination drive in Jharkhand regained momentum after about 3 lakh vaccine doses were sent to the state earlier this week. The state, as per government data, has about 4 lakh vaccine doses in stock, enough to inoculate about 1 lakh residents daily until fresh supplies arrive, officials said.
“We will have enough doses in stock to go all out with the vaccination campaign in the remaining days of July if deliveries are made as per the schedule,” said special officer on duty for Covid-19 vaccination, Naman Priyesh Lakra.
As per data with National Health Mission (NHM), Jharkhand has so far received about 80 lakh doses of vaccines and administered the jabs to over 78 lakh residents. Jharkhand is also expecting supply of 1,47,740 doses of Covishield on August 4, but it will be included in the quota for the next month, officials said.
The tribal state, as per the schedule of vaccine supply fixed by the Centre last month, was promised supply of 25 lakh doses in July. However, the state received only about 10 lakh doses until Thursday.
As per records with the health department, Jharkhand has at least 3377 session sites for vaccination and the infrastructure to inoculate around 3 lakh people on a day.
However, due to the vaccine crisis, almost half of the session sites have been non-operational this month.