Gurgaon: The Ministry of Health on Tuesdays including children in the bracket and recipient aged 15-17 above 60 which qualified for a dose of booster in the door-to-door vaccination drive to increase vaccine coverage in the city and strengthen its firewall against Omicron.
The Covid-19.The variant department also plans to establish a vaccination camp that targets children in more schools in rural areas and additions in religious places and market areas for both age groups.
Gurgaon has given the first dose to 86,970 children in 15-17.
The age group since 3.
However, having a target includes 1.51 lakh children.
On the other hand, he has provided 14,924 booster doses since January 10.
With everyday cases increasing in the district, accelerating vaccination between the two groups in focus have become administrative priorities.
“We have included the age group 15-17 and recipients of booster who qualified in the planned vaccination plan of our doors.
We will arrange camps in each village according to data, focusing on children between 15-17 years.
We also map the school at Rural areas where vaccination camps have not yet appeared.
Also, we will use cellular vans in areas where children cannot visit school because of the lack of the last miles connectivity, “said Dr.
Virender Yadav, Chief Medical Officer, Gurgaon.
Adhere, administration will established vaccination camps in local weekly market areas.
“We will also hold vaccination camps for children and people above 60 who have completed nine months after second jab in all religious places, including temples, churches, madrasas and Gurudwaras, crossing Gurgaon on Sunday,” Yadav said.
However, people who have Covid infection after their second dose, said Yadav, had to wait another nine months to take a booster.
Meanwhile, the Assistant Nursing Midwife Team (ANM) and Accredited Social Activists (Asha) will visit 100 houses every day to get data about vaccination coverage from their respective blocks.
The cellular vaccination team will use this data to do a door-to-door drive.
When asking how Gurgaon plans to increase the speed of vaccination for children in the urban area, Yadav said, “we plan to hold a drive-in, specifically for the 15-17 age group, and also, for people who qualify for booster.
“On Monday, 2,100 people in the age group 15-17 vaccinated in Gurgaon while 9,425 people in groups 18-44, 1,202 people between 45-59 years and 1,641 people over 60 also got their jab.
A total of 198 health care workers and 295 frontline workers were also prayed.
On the eight day drive booster vaccination, 1,723 recipients received a dose of prudence.
Other regions of the state, Rajeev Arora, ACS (Health), Haryana, said, “Because each district has targets and problems, shipping booster and 15-17 vaccination groups are not included in the door-door drive.
Already, we have completed 50% From our target for the 15-17 age group in Haryana, “said Rajeev Arora, ACS (Health), Haryana.
With the vaccination target of 15.43 lakh children in groups 15-17, Haryana, so far, it has been given only 7.82 lakh doses for this group.
Senior state health officials that all districts have been instructed to carry out initiatives to increase vaccination rates.
“Districts can decide their strategy depend on their target,” the official said.