Bengaluru: Drive Vaccination, Launched on June 21, slowed in Karnataka due to a short dose supply and this has deactivated the government’s plan to cover at least 80% of the adult population in October when the third wave is expected to regard.
The state set a record by giving 11.6 lakh doses on June 21.
In Bengaluru, the BBMP was given a dose of 1.74 lakh, the 1.64 lakh was the first jab.
However, there was a sharp decline in the following day with state and city recordings of 3.95 lakh and 43,901 respectively.
While the drive saw a downward trend since then, the total number of doses managed in the country was 1.24 lakh doses on June 27 before rising to 3.4 lakh on Tuesday (June 29).
With reduced inventory, the number of vaccine centers in Karnataka has dropped from 5,700 on June 21 to 4,528 on Tuesday.
‘It is necessary to ensure that 3 lakh people attached every day, the supply is adequate until last Friday when we are investigating 9,500 people.
Now, the dose is rated and we are asked to limit up to 200 doses per day even though people queue, “said an official at the center of Vani Vilas in Bengaluru.
This center was given 400 doses once in two days after last Saturday but the stock drained on Tuesday.
“We have been told that the new stock will arrive on Wednesday morning,” he added.
The official said the government’s priority to vaccinated the non-teaching teachers and staff ahead of the SSLC exam was taking the main pieces.
Dr.
Sudarshan, Nodal Officer for vaccination within the boundary of BBMP, said the agency which includes 640 centers, gets 40,000 doses once in two days and has 36,000 covishield and covaxin doses (90:10).
“We must ensure at least 3 lakh people are inoculated every day, including 1 lakh in Bengaluru, if we want to minimize the third wave impact , “said Taskforce member.
Minister of Health K Sudhakar will ask the Minister of Health Union Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi on Monday for Increase vaccination allocation for carnataka.
“We have stock 5 doses of lakh and the next consignment will soon arrive.
We maintain the daily average of politicocating 2-3 lakh people every day.
Stock never dries,” he said.