Covid-19: 6,882 vaccine doses administered on Thursday

Under the government’s “Covid-19 Dhifaau” inoculation drive, 6,882 persons were vaccination against the pandemic on Thursday.

Thursday’s vaccinations included 4,730 Greater Malé residents and 2,152 atoll residents.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA)’s latest statistics indicate that 6,609 persons received second doses whereas 273 first doses were administered nationwide.

The first doses included 186 Greater Malé residents and 87 atoll residents, whereas second doses were administered to 4,544 Greater Malé residents and 2,065 atoll residents.

There are currently two mobile teams active across six vaccination centers in the capital region and 193 vaccination centers spanning outlying atolls.

The total number of persons to been fully vaccinated against the global pandemic has been pushed to 219,661 with these developments.

The number of persons who have received first doses nationwide sits at 318,142.

The incumbent administration of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih launched the “Covid-19 Dhifaau” inoculation drive on February 1.

Authorities resumed administering the Oxford AstraZeneca Covishield vaccination on July 4 after months, on an appointment-basis. Vaccinations across outlying atolls are also proceeding at a swift pace, with the public health authorities working to dispatch Covishield doses to island where vaccine stocks have run out.

Covishield second doses are currently open for those who received first doses in February and March.

Announcing eases to Covid-19 restrictions nationwide on Wednesday, the Health Emergency Operations Center (HEOC) revealed that 35.15 percent of the Maldives population has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 thus far, whereas the percentage of persons to have received first doses is currently at 55.87 percent.

Maldives is also expected to receive an adequate supply of AstraZeneca vaccine doses between July 12 – 20.