VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh is gearing up its machinery for administering Covid-19 vaccine to nearly one crore people. The state government has divided beneficiaries into four categories, who will be given the vaccine in four phases.
Nearly 3.69 lakh health care workers will get the vaccine in Phase I, 10 lakh frontline workers from departments of medical and health, revenue and police in Phase-II, and 60–70 lakh people aged above 50 years in Phase-III. The remaining people to be vaccinated in Phase-IV will be those aged below 50 years but suffering from multiple health complications.
AP has started its preparations, though it is centre’s prerogative to zero in on the type of vaccine and its timing of administration. Depending on the vaccine type, state health authorities will decide on the schedule of the first and second dose of vaccine. Duration between them may range from a few weeks to months.
The centre recently dispatched to Andhra Pradesh a fleet of 36…