Ahmedabad: On August 18, Gujarat became the second country in India to cross 1 Crore population who had completed the two doses of Covid-19 after Maharashtra.
However, in terms of population coverage, around 15% of the total Gujarat population has received both doses, compared with 11.5% in Maharashtra, placing the country in the first position in the second vaccination of the two doses.
Trend analysis also revealed that 21% of the qualified population (4.93 crore) from Gujarat had been fully vaccinated (1.03 crore), while 65% (3.19 crore) had received the first dose.
Of the total vaccination (4.22 crore), 24.6% or about a quarter vaccination occurred only in four cities – Ahmedabad, letters, Vadodara and Rajkot.
In fact, from every 100 people who were vaccinated in Gujarat, 10 came from the city of Ahmedabad and 8 from the city of the letter.
In terms of coverage, 80% of the population of Ahmedabad who qualified and 78% of the residents of the letter have at least have the first dose of the vaccine.
But progress in several districts is slow.
The first dose coverage is 39% in Dang, 52% in the CHOTA Udepur, 56% in but, and 59% in botads.
While Dr.
Nayan Jani, the state immunization officer, cannot be contacted, the State Health Department official said that they had roamed local leaders and community members to mobilize the population for inoculation.
“This is the best period for Gujarat to increase vaccination when the cases are relatively lower and some districts have zero active cases.
While cities are better borne, it takes time to popularize vaccination between villages by removing myths and motivating people Leading social people to vaccinate to set examples, “said a public health expert based in the city.
“Full vaccination will play an important role in protecting the population for the possibility of the third wave.” Among the total vaccinated in Gujarat, a population of 18-45 years now contributed 48% of total vaccination.