3,075 inoculated against Covid-19 on Tuesday
Maldives is using the Oxford AstraZeneca Covishield vaccination, Sinopharm as well as Pfizer vaccines in its inoculation programme
The national Covid-19 vaccination drive was launched on February 1
Under the government’s “Covid-19 Dhifaau” inoculation drive, 3,075 persons were administered vaccinations across the nation on Tuesday.
According to the latest statistics publicized by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), Tuesday’s vaccinations included 390 first doses and 2,685 second doses.
Of this, 209 persons received first doses and 448 persons were administered their second vaccination shots from four mobile teams across 11 vaccination centers across the Greater Malé Region. Further, 181 atoll residents received first doses and 2,237 residents across outlying atolls received second vaccine doses from 240 vaccination centers on Tuesday as well.
A total of 138,890 individuals have been administered their second shots nationwide by the end of Tuesday and a total of 302,097 have received first doses nationwide thus far.
Vaccination centers will be closed on Thursday as the day will be celebrated as Eid Al-Fitr marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan 1442. Authorities recently halted administering the Covishield vaccinations as thus, are using the Sinopharm vaccines currently.
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih launched the “Covid-19 Dhifaau” inoculation drive on February 1 with the Oxford AstraZeneca Covishield vaccinations produced by India’s Serum Institute. After temporarily discontinuing the first round of vaccinations on March 15, the public health authorities resumed administering the first doses of vaccination on March 22 with the Sinopharm vaccination. HPA began administering the second Covishield vaccination doses on April 3 and the second doses of Sinopharm are also being administered currently for those who have completed four weeks since receiving the first jab.
Maldives is using the Oxford AstraZeneca Covishield vaccination, Sinopharm as well as Pfizer vaccines in its inoculation programme.
Healthcare authorities halted administering the India-sourced Covishield vaccinations at a time there have been reports that the Maldives is low on Covishield supply. However, authorities have since revealed that they expect to receive a shipment of the Covishield vaccination within a fortnight, and that efforts are currently underway to procure supplies.
