A 65-year-old man was unintentionally administered two doses of Covishield vaccine the same day in Alappuzha, after which the family alleged negligence on the part of the health authorities, informed sources on Tuesday. At a primary health centre at Karuvatta, the incident took place.
There were two counters for vaccination at the centre and a local resident, Bhaskaran, first took a dose and went to the second counter and received another one, informed Health workers. “He is under observation. Currently, his health condition is stable and safe,” a senior medical officer of the district told PTI.
About 170 doses of vaccine were administered on Monday at that centre, the official said. Bhaskaran’s family claimed that the health workers did not stop him from taking the second dose.
His wife, Ponnamma said he took the vaccine from the first counter and when he reached the second one, he was administered it again. “He thought two doses of vaccines need to be taken together. The health officials also didn’t ask. I came to know about it when he asked me to take the second dose,” she added.
Later he was admitted to the Haripad Taluk hospital where he is under observation.
In a significant achievement, India’s cumulative COVID Vaccination Coverage crossed the landmark of 33 crore. 33,25,81,423 vaccine doses were administered as per the 7 pm provisional report today. As the new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June, more than 33.79 (33,79,525) lakh Vaccine Doses administered today, as per the 7 pm provisional report.
19,42,308 vaccine doses were administered as the first dose and 78,039 vaccine doses given as the second dose in the age group 18-44 years today.
Cumulatively, 8,99,01,981 persons across 37 States/UTs have received their first dose and total 20,81,948 have received their second dose since the start of Phase-3 of the vaccination drive. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have vaccinated more than 10 lakh beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years for the first dose of COVID vaccine.
Also, Eight States namely UP, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra have administered more than 50 lakh first dose of COVID-19 Vaccine.
