Telangana vaccinates 52,000 healthcare workers on day 3

Hyderabad, Jan 19 : Nearly 52,000 public healthcare workers in Telangana were vaccinated for Covid-19 on Tuesday, the third day of vaccination drive.
Director of Public Health and Family Welfare G. Srinivas Rao said 51,997 healthcare workers working in Central and state government institutions were vaccinated at 894 session sites across the state.
The authorities had planned to cover 73,673 beneficiaries. He said 71 per cent of the targetted beneficiaries were vaccinated.
With this the cumulative number of beneficiaries vaccinated in the state rose to 69,625, the second highest number in the country after Karnataka, where 80,686 beneficiaries have been vaccinated in three days.
According to Rao, cumulative percentage vaccinated against target is 74. No case of serious/severe AEFI (adverse effect following immunisation) were reported.
The official said 51 AEFI cases were reported. Out of them, three required hospitalisation and they are stable.