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CorBEvax booster doses in state from today

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As Covid-19 cases are surging in many countries around the world and some states inside the country, the TS Government has arranged five lakh CorBEvax doses for the people of Telangana, despite the acute shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in the country.

The government will supply CorBEvax, which can be administered as a precautionary dose to those who have taken Covaxin or Covishield as their first and second dose as it has been approved by the Centre for heterologous administration.

The state government has made all arrangements to ensure the availability of the Covid-19 vaccine to all those eligible at government Covid vaccination centres, including PHCs and UPHCs.

As per the Covid status bulletin of Telangana on Tuesday, the number of positive cases stands at 52, with a cumulative count of 8,43,055. The number of recovered cases today is 40. No deaths were reported on Tuesday and the case fatality rate is 0.49%. The recovery rate continues to remain high at 99.48%. As of Tuesday, there are 281 cases under treatment or isolation.

7,154 samples were tested on Tuesday which translates to a total testing rate of 10,40,563 samples per million population. However, the results of 129 tests are awaited. The daily testing target for Telangana, as per the WHO benchmark of 140 tests per million per day, is 5,600 tests per day.

The Director of Public Health and Family Welfare requested the public to use the opportunity and ensure that all left-out and missing doses are taken. The vaccine will be made available at all government PHCs/UPHCs from Wednesday.

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