Prayagraj: following the decision of the central government and subsequent instructions regarding the administration of the reinforcement dose of the Covid-19 vaccine amid fears of a very transmitting omicron variant, preparation has begun earnestly to manage doses to medical professionals, Frontline Health Staff and senior citizens Comorbidity in the Primalanraj and Pratapigrih District of January 10, 2022.
Officials said the main challenge in this direction was the front line and health worker who had not received the second dose of the vaccine.
They were asked to get a second shot on December 31 at all costs.
Such people are being identified and contacted personally by the department in this regard, notifying senior district health officials.
District immunization officers, Prasagraj, Dr.
Teuth Lal said that by far 35,172 district health workers were immunized, along with 43,228 frontline workers, which included police employees, income and others.
“Everything will be given a dose of vaccine booster from January 10 January which has been given two vaccine shots and suffering from comorbidity will also be given the third dose of covishield or covaxin,” he said.
These people are now informed about this through their contact numbers available with the Department of Medicine and the Health of the district, he added.
About 3,000 health workers and 5,000 frontline workers, who have not taken their second shot, are also asked to immediately get their shots, said Dr.
Lal.
In the Pratapgarh district too, preparation has begun.
Here too, the plan to start the provision of Covid vaccines to 15 to 18 years from January 3 and the third dose for medical professionals, frontline health staff and senior citizens with comorbidity from January 10, 15-18 years will be given by Covaxin in accordance with government instructions.
In addition, ZYCOV-D – The world’s first plasmid DNA vaccine against Covid-19 – will also be given in Prayagraj.
This will be provided using a needle-free applicator called ‘pharmajet’.
The use of this needle-free applicator allows the delivery of intradermal free vaccines, and significant reduction in any main side effects, officials claim.
Dr.
Lal said that 6 doses of lakh vaccines have been sought and will arrive in the first week of January 2022 and will be given to people over the age of 18.
Three doses of Zycov-D must be given 28 separate days, he added.