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The CM, during a press meet held here, said it was now up to the central government to decide how to implement the Kerala High Court”s September 3 ruling and said that the Chief Secretary and the Health Secretary of the state government would be liaising with the Centre on this matter.
He also said that priority in vaccination would be given to those who are due and “overdue” for their second dose of the vaccine.
Vijayan further said that the state has till date administered over 3 crore doses, including both first and second jabs, of vaccine.
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He said vaccination was hampered during the last few days due to vaccine shortage, but on Monday the state received 10 lakh doses and subsequently, the inoculation process has been going on smoothly.
In the meeting, he also said it was being noticed that the micro containment zones and containment zones were not being updated properly on the COVID portal and district websites and to ensure that it happens, an IT expert from the Information Technology Mission will be temporarily appointed to each District Emergency Management Centre.
In the last 24 hours, cases have been registered against 9,654 people for not wearing masks and legal action was taken against 8,852 for non-compliance with social distancing norms. A fine of Rs 18,85,800 was also levied, he added.