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Karnataka gears up for second covid wave: Health Minister

Bengaluru, Mar 18 (UNI) Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday said that the state government is gearing up to tackle the second wave of covid-19 and setting a mission for next 50 days across the state.
Speaking to newsmen after meeting with the covid technical committee and officials said vaccination was an important part in the controlling measures and a few days ago two and a half lakh vaccines were done in a day and is it is possible to ramp up coverage and a target has been set to vaccinate three lakh people per day.
If we vaccinate senior citizens and people above 45 with comorbidities, we can mitigate the second wave. Three lakh people are vaccinated every day. Vaccination of senior citizens over 60 years of age and over 45 years of age. He said the 2nd wave should be avoided by this.
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