New Delhi: Health Officers and Frontline Workers are the first priority group identified when Covid vaccination begins in mid-January, but more than seven months on, almost one of five health service workers and more than a quarter of the front line workers have not received the second shot, shows Official data.
Closer appearance shows a different level of coverage in the state with Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Delhi has the lowest coverage.
Nationally, more than 1.03 crore health care workers have got the first shot, but under 84 lakh have got the second.
Among the frontline workers, while 1.83 crores have got their first shot, only 1.32 crores who get the second.
Almost all countries have reached more than 95% of the first dose coverage in both groups, except Punjab, Karnataka and Delhi.
Among greater countries, Kerala, Haryana and Jharkhand have the best record with complete total coverage or near the first dose in both groups and more than 85% coverage with the second shot.
Conversely, in Tamil Nadu almost not 60% of health service workers and 40% of Frontline workers have received the second dose.
“There is a hesitation vaccine and waste in the first four months of the drive.
With this, allotment goes down.
Even though allotment has increased, we still have a lot of backlogs to clean up.
It can be adjusted right if we have on time.
If we have on time Allocation of 1 Crore Dose, “said Health Secretary Tamil Nadu J Radhakrishnan.
Strangely, Himachal Pradesh, who has been in the news for the coverage of the highest covid vaccination in this country, has the lowest proportion of frontline workers who get the second dose, only 38% of the total 5.8 lakh registered.
The State Health Authority said the gap between the first and second dose coverage was due to the waiting period between the increased dose.
Similarly, nearly 50% of the frontline workers in Karnataka and 57% in Delhi have got a second shot.
In some states, even the first dose coverage is very bad among these priority groups.
Punjab officials, where only 61% of health service workers have received their first dose, blame the lack of vaccines but also claim that they do not have full data after they in the age group 18-44, including health workers and frontline workers, began to get doses at private sector.
In Delhi only 87% of health workers have received their first dose.
Officials in Karnataka, where the proportion of health service workers who received the first dose was only 85%, claiming they had problems with duplicate entries in the registered Cowin HCW database.
They claimed that this was because the doctor who visited the consultant in many hospitals has been registered by various hospitals and nursing students who graduate registered by their college.
Rajasthan, Odisha, Gujarat and Assam have ensured high coverage of the first and second doses between the two priority groups.
Although smaller circumstances, Goa also has a good record, after ensuring 90% plus coverage for the second shooting in both groups.
(Written by Rema Nagarajan with input from the state health correspondent)