Second vax jab on February 13

Beneficiaries of the inaugural Covid-19 vaccination day on Januar y 16 will get their second dose on February 13, Union Health Secretar y Rajesh Bhushan announced on Saturday. While reviewing the status and progress of the vaccination process, Bhushan also urged authorities to exponentially increase the pace of vaccination. Union Health Ministr y Additional Secretar y Manohar Agnani said that ever since the vaccinations for frontline workers had started on Februar y 2, a total of 3,70,693 of them have been covered, which is around 4.5 per cent of the current database.