13,693 frontline health workers get COVID-19 vaccine

At least 13,693 frontline health workers received Covishield vaccine on Tuesday at 200 centres in West Bengal, a senior health department official said. Eleven cases of verse event following Immunisation (AEFI) were reported, of which 10 cases were mir while only one person in Jhargram was undergoing treatment at district hospital re, he said.

"At least 11 AEFI cases are reported today but most are mir like pain for injection, reeling, nausea and or side effects. Most of m have been sent home after initial observation. Only one is undergoing treatment at Jhargram DH while ar was discharged from Jangipur SDH after initial treatment," he said.

health condition of 35-year-old nurse, undergoing treatment at NRS Medical College and Hospital with AEFI, "is better today", official said. "She is responding well to treatment. All necessary investigations were done and are found to be all right. In West Bengal AEFI rate is still one in a thousand, which is rmally expected and proves that surveillance system is functioning well and major side effects ticed after this 43,000 doses. This is a huge success and will help us in confidence building of Covid vaccination," Director of Health Services (DHS) Ajoy Chakraborty said.

CoWIN software, prepared to monitor iculation process throughout country, stopped functioning for around four hours on Tuesday, official said. " portal is working better w but delayed SMS service is still hampering optimal performance. It was completely n-operational from 3.30 pm to 7 pm today creating lots of trouble in session allocation," he said. state will be receiving second allotment of Covishield around 6.99 lakh doses on Wednesday, official said.

Meanwhile, West Bengal on Tuesday registered 11 deaths taking COVID-19 death toll to 10,074, health department said. tally went up to 5,66,073 with 412 fresh cases of contagion. discharge rate improved to 97.02 per cent with 513 recoveries pushing total number of people recovering from disease to 5,49,218.

rth 24 Parganas accounted for four deaths while re were three fatalities in South 24 Parganas and one each in city, Howrah, Hooghly and Uttar Dinajpur districts, it said. Of 11 deaths, nine were due to comorbidities where COVID-19 was incidental. Covid-19 claimed ar doctor in West Bengal on Tuesday taking total number of deaths of medical practitioners to 92, a senior official of state health department said.

Dr Jav Chatterjee (64), He of department of Anatomy and former principal of Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, died on Tuesday morning due to post covid complications, a health department official said. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condoled death of Dr Chatterjee and tweeted, "Sdened to hear about death of Prof (Dr) JC Chattophyay, HoD Anatomy, Medical College Kolkata due to #COVID19.

He served health department in various capacities since 1988, was a popular teacher & h many publications to his credit. My thoughts are with his family during this time." Veteran film actress Lily Chakraborty (79) tested positive for Covid-19 following which she was put on home isolation. actress was having fever since Saturday following which she underwent tests for Covid-19, a health department official said.