The state health department has asked its officials to ensure that 25 per cent of the Covid-19 vaccination centres in the state are dedicated to Covaxin.

Among health and frontline workers, whoever is willing to take Covaxin will be offered the indigenous vaccine, officials said. The idea, the officials said, is to complete administering the first dose of a Covid vaccine to all health and frontline workers within the next 14 working days.

“After taking stock of the number of doses of both vaccines we have, we have decided that 25 per cent of the vaccination sites will be dedicated to Covaxin. Covishield will be administered from the rest,” said an official of the health department. “Senior officials have taken Covaxin jabs. So there is no reason to be afraid of taking it.”