Friday, March 29, 2024
Advertisement
  1. You Are At:
  2. News
  3. India
  4. Kerala CM Vijayan seeks allocation of additional COVID vaccine doses for state

Kerala CM Vijayan seeks allocation of additional COVID vaccine doses for state

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the steps taken by the state government to mitigate the effects of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and sought allocation of more vaccine doses.

PTI Edited by: PTI Thiruvananthapuram Published on: July 16, 2021 23:58 IST
Pinarayi Vijayan
Image Source : PTI

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan 

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the steps taken by the state government to mitigate the effects of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and sought allocation of more vaccine doses. Vijayan explained the COVID-19 situation in Kerala during a video conference held by the Prime Minister.

During the meeting, Vijayan said the delta variant was found in the state during the second wave which began in April, and during that time, the test positivity rate reached almost 30 percent.

"Currently, the test positivity rate has come down to 10.4 percent. When compared to other states, the second wave started late in Kerala. We tried to delay the peak which helped the health sector," he said.

The Chief Minister said the state effectively followed the testing, quarantine, and treatment protocol resulting in becoming the state with one of the lowest case mortality rates in the country.

"Even though other states have high mortality rates, we managed our case mortality rate at 0.48 percent," he added.

Vijayan also urged the allocation of more vaccine doses for the state.

He sought 60 lakh doses of vaccine for July and August and said that a letter in this regard had already been sent to the Prime Minister on July 11.

"Till now, 1.17 crore people of the state received the first dose of the vaccine while 44.18 lakh people received both doses. The state has also arranged special vaccination drives at mental health centres, old age homes and for Tribal communities, bed-ridden patients, and the transgender community," he said.

Also Read: 5 more test positive for Zika virus in Kerala; confirmed cases now at 28

Also Read: Clinical trial for Covid vaccines for children on verge of completion: Centre to HC

Advertisement

Read all the Breaking News Live on indiatvnews.com and Get Latest English News & Updates from India

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement