Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who arrived in Kerala with a central team on Monday to review the COVID-19 situation in the state, said that the Center has given Rs 267.35 crore to the state to strengthen its health infrastructure. Has allocated Rs. and will also provide 1.11 crores to it. Vaccines in August and September. In a tweet, after his “intensive” meeting with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and State Health Minister Veena George, Mandaviya said that in addition to Rs 267.35 crore each district of Kerala should be provided with an additional Rs 1 crore to create a medicine pool. Will go .
Later the Kerala Public Relations Department (PRD) said that the Union Minister assured that the Central Government will take steps to immediately provide necessary vaccines to the State to combat COVID-19, as requested by the CM.
Meanwhile, Kerala has given the first dose of the COVID vaccine to more than half of its population, state Health Minister Veena George said on Monday. He said that the government has so far given the first dose vaccine to 1,77,88,931 persons.
“Courtesy call on Hon’ble Governor of Kerala, Shri Arif Mohammed Khan. We discussed the measures being taken by the Central Government to support Kerala’s fight against COVID19,” tweeted the Union Minister. He also tweeted That he visited the Hindustan Latex Limited (HLL) unit in Thiruvananthapuram, reviewed its operations and took stock of the quality of medical products being manufactured there and also visited the COVID facility at the Government Medical College in the state capital.
Giving details of the meeting between the central team, the CM and the state health minister, the PRD in a statement said that discussions were held on starting a vaccine manufacturing unit at the Bio Park in Thiruvananthapuram and the Union Minister said that such an establishment would be beneficial. Because both COVID and other vaccines can be produced there.
During the meeting, the CM said that 56 per cent of the population was still unaffected by COVID and hence, more people were likely to get infected in the coming days and the only way out was to vaccinate everyone, including one lakh. Guest workers, which is why more vaccines are needed, the PRD statement said.
In the meeting, Mandaviya said that the central government is trying to provide necessary assistance to all the state governments and his present visit is part of that, the PRD said.
According to the PRD, the Union Minister also said that through such visits, the Center gets information about the measures taken by the States to prevent COVID-19 and the experiences of the Central Government can be shared with them.
He further said that in August, 18 crore vaccines were produced, of which 20 crore were to be manufactured in September and Kerala would get the dose it deserves and any additional demand would be considered sympathetically.
Earlier in the day, the PRD said that Mandaviya appreciated the coronavirus prevention steps taken by the state government. He termed the health system here as “excellent” and assured availability of more vaccines for Kerala, and praised the lack of vaccine wastage. The PRD said that by saying that it had set an example with regard to the administration of supplements.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan also said that Kerala is ahead of the national average in vaccination and has a low mortality rate. separately.
Mandaviya and the central team visited Kerala at a time when it accounted for more than half of the country’s daily fresh infection caseload. Kerala on Sunday reported 18,582 new COVID-19 cases, more than half of the national total of 32,937 fresh coronavirus cases.
Kerala gives first dose for more than half of its population
“Today is an important day for the state. We have given the first dose vaccine to 50.25 per cent of the 3.54 crore population (estimated population for 2021). We have achieved this feat within 213 days. Vaccination in the state started on January 16.
“The percentage of those receiving the second dose in Kerala is more than double the national average. So far 55,05,20,038 people out of 130 crore people in India have been vaccinated, including 42,86,81,772 in the first dose (32.98 per cent) and 12,18,38,266 in the second dose (9.37 per cent).” The minister said.George pointed out that women in the state outnumber men in receiving the jab.He said 90 percent of healthcare workers have received the first dose of the vaccine, compared to 88 percent nationally.
At a COVID-19 assessment meeting held in the presence of a central team that visited the state, George said the second wave of the pandemic in Kerala was delayed and the state government had decided to provide treatment to all those who reached hospitals. focused on. In order not to overburden the health system and make necessary arrangements accordingly. We have given instructions to increase the number of tests as the number of cases is increasing,” she said.
The Minister also informed in the meeting that 2,32,397 persons were assisted through telemedicine facility.
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