A senior citizen receives the Covid jab at the Urban Health Centre in Panaji on Monday.
PANAJI
A total of 1,220 senior citizens and persons between 45 and 59 years of age received the first dose of Covid vaccine in Goa on the first day of Phase II of the ongoing vaccination drive which was marked by chaos, confusion and technical snags.
There was complete lack of clarity about the eligibility criteria for beneficiaries. Confusion was also witnessed in several centres across the State due to procedures that were to be followed. Technical snags were also the order of the day.
The vaccination centre at Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim also reportedly fell prey to technical issues owing to the updation of Co-WIN portal from Co-WIN 1.0 to Co-WIN 2.0.
Reports also suggested that the CoWIN portal kept shutting down intermittently while processing the inoculation exercise.
A total of 1,220 senior citizens and persons between 45 and 59 years of age received the first dose of Covid vaccine in Goa.
While 1,031 people above 60 years of age received the vaccine, 189 persons within 45 and 59 years of age with comorbidities were administered the first dose. The turnout was almost similar in both the districts with 630 persons receiving the vaccine in North Goa and 590 people in South Goa.
Among the prominent Goans, who received the vaccine on the first day of Phase II of vaccination drive, were Goa BJP Pradesh Sanghatanmantri Satish Dhond who received the first dose of the vaccine at Bicholim, ASSOCHAM Chair (Goa State Council) Manguirish Pai Raikar, Goa Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar, Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat along with his wife Asha Kamat.
One Covid related death was recorded in the mortality bulletin of Goa on Monday taking the death toll of the state to 796.
Additionally, 40 new cases of the infection were detected from among the 1,168 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The total confirmed cases have now crossed the 55,000-mark of which 583 are presently active.
