As part of its effort to expand the reach of vaccination, the East Singhbhum district administration on Tuesday started a special drive for students and others going abroad for work.
On the very first day of the vaccination drive organised at the district collectorate building as many as 18 people of different age groups were administered the Covid-19 vaccine.
Deputy Commissioner of East Singhbhum Suraj Kumar was present with other administrative officials on the occasion.
In all 88 students and others going abroad had registered, of which 18 were administered the Covishield vaccine on the first day of the drive today.
Health department officials said only Covishield would be administered during the special drive and that the time interval between two doses has been reduced from 12-16 weeks to four weeks for their convenience.
" Those seeking vaccination during the special drive will have to carry their passport, Aadhaar card and visa to get the shot at the vaccination centre. A vaccination certificate would be issued from the vaccination centre, " said an official of the health department.
The health official explained that those who had already taken the first dose of vaccine and they need to travel abroad for their studies or work before the fixed date of second dose, will benefit from this drive.
The vaccination drive which will begin at 9 am and continue till 5 pm will offer both the first and second doses of Covishield.
Notably, every year, several students from the steel city fly to the USA and other countries to pursue their higher studies.
Meanwhile, the positivity rate of Covid-19 cases in Jamshedpur is around 0.55 per cent after East Singhbhum conducted over 4500 tests in the last 24 hours. The Steel City tested 4884 samples, of which, 27 turned out positive while 172 people recovered from the Covid-19 on Monday, June 14. The continuous high number of tests has pushed the positivity rate further down to 0.55 per cent, the government data showed.
The recovery rate has climbed to 97.48% while the active cases have come down to 276.
As per the records of health department out of 4884 people who underwent Covid tests in East Singhbhum 27 were found positive. Over 4500 COVID-19 tests, including 1949 RT-PCR and 2652 RAT were conducted in the last 24 hours in the city. The recovery rate in Jamshedpur is 97.48% while the mortality rate is 2.04%.
So far in Jamshedpur 1005143 samples have been collected out of which 1000082 have been tested and 948803 have turned out to be negative..