Kolkata: in Bengal, the vaccination drive now raises its biggest challenges with 4.8 lakh people and 35.4 lakh people who fail to take the dose of covaxin and second covishield, on time.
Among them was a receiver of 2.9 lakh kovagin which was significantly high that had delayed their second dose of almost two and a half months and 11.6 lakh covishield receivers who had delayed their second dose 126 days or more than four months.
The situation is no better in Kolkata too.
According to detailed data compiled by the State Health Department on November 15, so far November, has the highest number of people who have not taken the second dose on time.
In Kolkata, like Bengal, 35,425 people have not taken their covaxin even 70 days after their first dose and 14.1 lakh people have not taken a covishield dose even after 126 days take their first dose.
Toi has reported that nearly 42.4 lakh people in Bengal have not taken their second dose on time.
Among them 24 lakh people matured for their second dose, and 18 lakh was a blek because of their second dose.
For Covaxin, the due date for the second dose is 29 to 42 days after the first dose, whatever it is too late.
For covishield the due date for the second dose is 85 to 98 days or 99 to 112 days from the first dose.
If someone doesn’t take the second covishield dose even 113 days after the first dose they are considered late.
According to data detailed districts issued by the State Health Department, most people have not taken their second dose on time comes from Kolkata Pargana and 24 north.
While in Kolkata there are four lakh people like that, in the 24 North Parganas is 3.8 lakh.
Hooghly was third with 2.3 lakh people who missed their second dose.
The district where more than two lakh people have missed their second dose are Alipurduar, Murshidabad and 24 parganas.
In an effort to close this gap, over the past few weeks, the second dose vaccination has exceeded the first dose in Bengal.
According to Co-Win Dashboard, on November 9, 3.5 lakh people were given their second dose compared to the first dose of 3.3 lakh.
This trend continues restrictions 14 and 15 November.
From Tuesday, the second dose vaccination has been more than the first dose.
On Saturday, the 2.8 lakh second dose was given to the first dose of 2.4 lakh.
In Kolkata, the second dose vaccination has taken a faster step.
Since November 8, for each first dose recipient appears in Kolkata vaccination centers, an average of six to seven times more people come to their second dose.
In Bengal, between the 8.7 Crore people who have received their vaccine, 6.1 Crore has received the first dose and 2.5 second crore of their doses.
Bengal has a vaccine population that meets the requirements of more than seven crores.
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