As many as 72,530 health workers in Kerala have been administered the COVID-19 vaccine so far. The vaccine was administered in 227 centres, including 25 centres each in Thiruvananthapuram and Pathanamthitta districts. The Kerala Health Department had prepared an action plan to expand the COVID-19 vaccination in the state and to commence the next phase of the drive meticulously.
This action plan involves increasing the total number of vaccination centres to 249. In Thrissur district, 2,124 health workers were inoculated, the highest, followed by Alappuzha 1,186 and Ernakulam 1,796.
As many as 4,97,441 health workers and Covid warriors have registered themselves for being inoculated in the government sector. Totally 3,99,091 health workers, including 1,89,100 from the government sector and 2,965 central health workers, have registered.