Karnataka set to administer more than 60 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine in June: CM Yediyurappa
Bengaluru, Jun 3: The Karnataka government is all set to administer more than 60 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine this month, thereby completing a total of 2 crore jabs by June 30,Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Thursday.
"Our government is set to administer more than 60 lakh doses of vaccine in June. With 1.41 Crore doses administered so far, Karnataka will complete 2 crore jabs by the end of this month.I thank PM Narendra Modi Ji for his continued support towards Karnataka's vaccination drive," Yediyurappa tweeted.
Sharing details of vaccine supply, state Health Minister K Sudhakar said more than 58.71 lakh doses of vaccine will be supplied to Karnataka in June.This includes supply of over 45 lakh doses from the Government of India and 13.7 lakh doses from state government's direct procurement.
Out of over 45 lakh vaccine doses from the Centre, 37,60,610 are Covishield and 7,40,190 are Covaxin, while of 13.7 lakh doses from the state's direct procurement, 10,86,080 are Covishield and 2,84,760 Covaxin, according to the data tweeted by the Minister.
Sudhakar said Bengaluru's vaccination coverage is one of the highest among major cities in India, with more than 28.3 lakh people inoculated with at least one dose--28.6 per cent of the city's population is vaccinated.
Meanwhile, the government has also decided to purchase vaccines directly from other manufacturing companies as the two firms which had submitted bids to supply Sputnik vaccine in response to global tender, have not submitted the requisite documents.
Our government is set to administer more than 60 lakh doses of vaccine in June. With 1.41 Crores doses administered so far, Karnataka will complete 2 crore jabs by the end of this month. I thank PM @narendramodi Ji for his continued support towards Karnataka's vaccination drive. pic.twitter.com/bVu1lq9ptw
— B.S. Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) June 3, 2021
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Bengaluru: Four arrested in prostitution racket; four women rescued
Bengaluru (PTI): Four people, among them two women, were arrested for running a prostitution racket from rented houses in parts of the city, police said on Monday.
With their arrest, police also rescued four women who were allegedly forced into prostitution, they said.
The arrests were made following tip-offs received by the Central Crime Branch’s Women Protection Unit on different dates, indicating that prostitution activities were being carried out in rented houses located in Padmanabhanagar, RK Layout, Sundarnagar, and NGF Layout, police said.
Based on information provided by informants, raids were conducted at these locations on different dates, they said.
“During the operations, four women involved in prostitution were rescued. In connection with the case, a total of four individuals, among them two women who were allegedly forcing others into prostitution, were taken into custody,” a statement issued by the office of Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said.
Upon interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed that they contacted men seeking prostitution services over the phone and arranged for them to visit rented houses, where illegal activities were carried out for monetary gain, it said.
Cases have been registered against the accused at Subramanyapura, Jalahalli, and Jnanabharathi police stations, and further investigation is in progress, police added.
