Ahmedabad: With the increase in Covid cases, the focus sharply returned to vaccinations for pandemic – from the total population that qualifying from 4.93 crore in Gujarat, 91 percent (4.5 crore) has received at least one dose, while 59 percent (2, 92 crore) has received a dose.
However, the analysis of vaccination figures revealed the gap between cities and districts – from eight city corporate areas, six had reached the coverage of 100 percent of the first dose, while among 33 districts, only four achieved achievements.
In addition, only five districts or cities recorded more than 70 percent of the second dose coverage.
The Senior State Health Department official said that the second dose compliance was higher than that for the first.
In the last 30 days, the first dose coverage increased from 89 percent to 91 percent, up 2 percent, while in the same period, the second dose coverage increased from 46 percent to 59 percent, up 13 percent.
Statistical analysis available on the Cowin Portal revealed that in the past month, Gujarat gave 13 first doses of vaccines against 69 lakh second dose – show five more vaccinations for the second dose.
The latest notification by the State Health Department ordered all the commissioners and city collectors to conduct micro planning to ensure the maximum coverage of covid vaccination.
The Ministry of Health has also grabbed in private practitioners to remove myths around the vaccination effect.
Among the most closed districts, botad only has 68 percent of the qualified population that is vaccinated for the first dose, and amreli and patan with 73 percent of the average state of 91 percent.
Among the regencies with the second dose coverage, Dang has a coverage of 33 percent, followed by 40 percent in Gir Somnath and 42 percent in Morbi against the average state of 59 percent.
“The carrot and stick approach can be adopted with restrictions that utilize government-managed facilities as initiated by several cities and districts, or preferences for vaccination for several initiatives.
However, we asked residents to ensure that they took vaccination at the specified time even as a door campaign To the door will begin in the worst affected district, “said a senior health department official, added that there was no vaccine in the country.
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