HYDERABAD: In anticipation of the much-awaited
vaccine
for
Covid-19
, the
Bhadradri Kothagudem district
administration has already started making arrangements for its storage and use.
District collector M V Reddy has given instructions to medical and health officials to prepare exclusive premises in advance for vaccine storage.
“We are on the job of setting up the storage facilities. The arrangement would be such that the vaccine would be available even at primary health centres,” DMHO Bhaskar Naik told TOI on Thursday. ‘
lthough it is not clear as yet about when the vaccine would be available, the district administration has begun work to identify places for putting up equipment for storage.
“The ground work is being done and we will be ready,” Bhaskar Naik said.
During a video conference with officials on Wednesday, the collector said all arrangements should be made at
the district storage centre
identified for the purpose of storing vaccine as per norms.
In addition, arrangements will also be made to create sub-centres. From the district storage centre, the vaccine will be transported to the sub-centres. From there, it can conveniently reach hospitals.
According to the state-wide Covid-19 cases figures released on Thursday, 24 new Covid cases were reported in Bhadradri Kothagudem district up to 8pm on December 2.
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Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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