Covid vaccination comes to a halt in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi

The Ranchi district administration stopped Covid vaccination in the state capital of Jharkhand on Thursday as it had only 350 doses left in stock

Updated on: Jul 15, 2021, 09:59:05 IST

By Vishal Kant

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Covid-19 vaccination was stopped in Ranchi, the state capital of Jharkhand, on Thursday as it had only 350 doses left in stock.

“We received 21,000 doses on Tuesday evening. Almost all of it was used on Wednesday as the demand is rising. We have no option but to stop general vaccination in the district today,” said Vishal Sagar, Ranchi deputy development commissioner (DDC), nodal officer for vaccination in the district.

Of the 24 districts in Jharkhand, Ranchi has been the worst affected -- it recorded the maximum cases as well as deaths, both during first and the second wave of the pandemic.

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Sources said the state was expected to get 350,000 doses by Wednesday evening and Ranchi could get its proportionate share from it. “As per the scheduled shared by the Centre, the state is expected to receive around 1.7 million vaccine doses between July 15 to August 3. However, that won’t be enough as the state administers around 140,000 doses daily if vaccines are available,” said a health department official.

As per the latest health departement data available, of the 24.9 million eligible beneficiaries in the state, 7.8 million had been inoculated till July 14. Of these 1.3 million have received both the doses.

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Vishal Kant
Stationed in Ranchi, Vishal is heading the Jharkhand Bureau of Hindustan Times since November 2017. Besides leading the reporting team, Vishal tracks and writes on developments related to the state politics, economy and policy matters in Jharkhand. Prior to his current assignment, Vishal used to work in New Delhi after graduating from the University of Delhi. Vishal joined HT in the rank of Assistant Editor in August 2015 and was part of the Delhi Metro Bureau, covering a host of issues in the City-state including politics, policy---especially those related to urban traffic & transport infrastructure and railways. A native of Palamu district in Jharkhand, Vishal started his two-decade long career in the mainstream media in 2006. During this period, he has has worked in different capacity with a number of national media houses including the Financial Chronicle, India Today, Deccan Herald and The Hindu, before moving to the Hindustan Times. He holds the experience of having worked in three major mediums of mass communication--Print, Electronic and Digital. He is a proud father of two daughters.Read More

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