Bhubaneswar: Health Authority on Monday reviewing settings on vaccination sites, labor requirements and vaccine stock for immunization from the dose of “precautions” 15 to 18 ages for 60+ with comorbidity, health workers and front lines.
The government will come out with modalities on ways to identify 15 to 18 beneficiaries of the general age group.
Vaccination 15 to 18 will begin on January 3 while the “Prevention Dosage” will start from January 10 when the vaccination drive is underway, there will be no additional exercises for inoculation aged 15 to 18 years.
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“The site will remain the same.
There may be some improvements in the spread of the workforce.
We have not yet decided whether to take a class X identity card or aadhar card as proof.
We can receive the round on this from the center,” said Bijay Panigrahi, Director, family welfare.
All who were born in 2007 or before being inoculated in the age group 15 to 18 years.
They must register on the Cowin portal and or can come to the direct vaccination location for offline entries, the health authority said.
The resources of the Ministry of Health said that there were 25.53 Lakh beneficiaries in 15 to 18 age groups and 52.37 beneficiaries of the Lakh in groups 60+.
In 60+ them with comorbidity will be eligible for the prevention dose.
So, the appropriate number of recipients will vary because the certificate of comorbidity is required in 60+ categories to get third jab, Panigrahi said.
Health care workers and frontline can appear to receive a prevention dose based on the date of getting the second dose.
Health experts say the serological survey will now reveal whether the antibodies developed on those who are vaccinated in July and August still survive.
There was enough antibodies in people during the previous survey.
Vaccination of health care, frontline workers and 60+ with comorbidity will help develop further antibodies because the threat of omicron is towering, health experts said.
The country until Sunday has 37 doses of lakh covishield and 15 lakh covaxin doses.
More bottle vaccines will arrive soon.
The country has so far been given 490, 44, 345 doses of 200, 46, 925 has received both of these doses.
In the age group 18 to 44 years, at all 282,33,742 doses had been given when in the age group 45 to 60, as many as 127,42,464 doses had been given.
In 60+ age groups, at all 80.68,139 doses had been given.
The Ganjam district was above with 45.31,793 doses given to people followed by Khurda who had given 39,89,535 doses.
Government reviews Logistics on the Vax site for 15 to 18 age GRP
