Vijayawada: On the first day of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, 19,108 healthcare workers were given the Covishield vaccine by 8.30 pm and nine cases of adverse events following immunisation were reported on Saturday.
State health authorities administered the vaccination in 332 session sites and covered 19,108 persons against the target of 31,570. They said the the Centre had given them the target to administer the vaccine at 143 session sites to 14,300 persons and they had crossed it.
On the other hand, the health authorities reported cases of AEFI (adverse event following immunisation), one each at Vijayawada and Anantapur, two in Nellore and five in Kurnool.
In Anantapur government hospital, a woman health worker identified as Akhila developed giddiness soon after administration of the Covid-19 vaccine and started vomitings. She was immediately given medication and she recovered. The authorities admitted her in the hospital and kept her under observation as a…