Mathrukavacham: Vaccination drive for pregnant ladies to start from July 16 in Kerala

By PTI
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala authorities’s marketing campaign — ‘mathrukavacham’ — to vaccinate all of the pregnant ladies within the state in opposition to COVID-19 an infection shall be inaugurated on the district stage right here on July 16.

The inaugural operate shall be held on the Thycaud Women’s and Children’s Hospital within the presence of the District Collector, the well being division stated on Thursday.

Spot registrations for vaccination of pregnant ladies could be carried out at numerous authorities hospitals within the state capital, a launch stated.

It additionally stated that COVID vaccination for pregnant ladies shall be made obtainable in all hospitals within the coming days relying on the supply of the vaccine.

Pregnant ladies can obtain the COVID vaccine at any time throughout their being pregnant, it added.

State Health Minister Veena George, on July 12, had introduced that the federal government could be beginning a marketing campaign for vaccinating pregnant ladies.

Under the initiative, Asha employees will register the main points of all pregnant ladies within the ward stage.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, the state acquired 2,49,140 doses of COVISHIELD vaccine, George stated in one other launch.

On Thursday, 1,49,434 individuals within the state had been vaccinated at 1,234 vaccination facilities.

So far, a complete of 1.63 crore individuals have been vaccinated with one or two doses throughout the state.

Of these, 1.18 crore got the primary dose and 44,01,477 got the second dose, it stated.