JAMSHEDPUR: After 30 new cases of Covid-19 infection reported in the last 11 days, the administration of East Singhbhum Regency has increased vaccination drive and launched a cellular vaccination vos to reach the maximum number of recipients.
Officials say Van will be available on request from the area where more than 10 beneficiaries can take advantage of services after contacting district vaccination cells on the phone or email.
Dhalbhum HR Sandeep Kumar Meena, who is also a senior responsible for district vaccination cells, said people who have not taken the first dose so far can take advantage of the mobile van vaccination scheme.
On Tuesday, administration on Tuesday issued two cellphone numbers – 6207628627/7858638654 – and e-mail ID – vacciniacell@gmail.com – where the recipient can approach van vaccination requests.
HR also said vaccination cell officials would contact the beneficiaries, which had missed the second dose.
Beneficiaries will receive phone calls from vaccination cells or SMS on their cellphones from the NIC (National Informatics Center) asking them to be vaccinated.
The chair of additional medical officers, Sahir Pall, said that the cellphone of the Van vaccination program has been going on for some time but due to lack of demand, the number of vans has decreased.
“Our efforts are to achieve 100% vaccination as soon as possible.
Therefore, encouragement is on drive mobile veil vaccination so that nothing is left behind,” said Pall.
Noting that with more than 80% of the first dose has been given, Pall, said East Singhbhum took the lead among the district and hoped to resolve the first and second dose vaccination at the end of November.
On Monday, the district had provided 20.50,339 doses which covered 14.14.103 first dose and 6.36,236 second dose.
In the last 11 days, (15 to 25 October), the district reported 30 Covid cases, took the total Covid number to 51,973 where 50,892 had recovered, 1,058 had died.
This district has 23 active cases on Monday.
Former Secretary of the Indian Medical Association, Chapter Jamshedpur, Mrityunjay Kumar, said, “With an average of three cases reported every day and the festival season has not ended, there is a need for precautions and immunization to fight a pandemic.”