MySuru / Madikeri: In the midst of increasing fear of the anger of the spread of the Omicron strain from the Coronavirus novel, MySuru District Administration on Monday launched the drive to manage the booster dose to accept it.
So far, almost 4.8 people have been identified who qualify for a dose of booster.
The Department of Health and family welfare has been fully vaccinated by 88% of the population that qualifies in all districts, while 96.2% have been given a dose.
The booster dose was given only after nine months or 39 weeks had passed since the second dose was given.
Initially, the dose of the booster will be given to workers in the health care sector, and other personnel are deployed at the forefront of the battle against Covid, and senior citizens.
Of those who qualified to receive a booster dose, 44,602 were 39,370, other front-line soldiers, while the rest were senior citizens.
Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Bagadi Gautham said, “District administration has taken care of all settings to start providing a dose of booster to those who qualify to accept it.” The Department of Health and Children of Mysuru Dr.
MS Jayanth, who is also responsible for vaccination driving at a government hospital, said that there was enough stock of vaccines.
The urge to manage the booster dose was symbolically launched on Monday.
Jayanth said that it would be a door to door campaign.
“The drive will be completed within one month,” he said.
Of these, 4,881 is a health worker, while the remaining 6.274 is the frontline soldier in various departments.
In addition to Covid soldiers, senior citizens with co-morbidities have also been identified by the.
Kodagu Regency only from Bengaluru Urban in its scope, with 89.7% of the qualified population has been fully vaccinated, while 99.8% has been given at least one dose.
Meanwhile, from 4.23,115 over 15 in Kodagu, 4.22.240 has received a vaccine dose, while 3,79,620 has been fully vaccinated.
The response to the drive launched to vaccinate adolescents in the age group 15-18 has been very positive in this district.
Drive to manage the booster dose launched in MySuru and Kodagu
