Ranchi: Chairman of the Minister of Hemant Soren on Thursday instructed health officials concerned to ensure 100% vaccination coverage in the state on January 20 next year.
The revised deadline was reported to be determined because it became close that Jharkhand was most likely to meet the central target meeting 100% vaccination coverage on December 25 this year.
On Wednesday night, only 35.58% of the benefits of the 2.41 Crore Country (all adults over 18 years) have been given at a temporary dose of 70.45% have received their first dose.
Soren, who reviewed health preparation, medical education and family welfare to overcome the third wave of possible pandemics, asked the officers to establish vaccination centers in each pan and hire workers to increase coverage.
He also asked the department to accelerate the ongoing door-to-door surveillance program in rural areas, where health workers identified and wereoculating adults who were still losing a vaccine shot.
There are more than 4,000 panthayats in the state.
The meeting, held at Jharkhand Mantallaya, was attended by the Minister of Health Banna Gupta, Chief Secretary of Sukhdev Singh, Arun Kumar Singh Health Secretary and senior bureaucrats.
Soren complained about the new omicron tension and state preparation to deal with other waves.
The health department official also told Sungen that Jharkhand had 23,601 covid beds for adult patients.
From them, 14,863 is oxygen supported while 8,738 is normal.
“Moreover, more than 3,000 are ICU beds.
There are 1,456 ventilators available,” the department informs CM.
In addition to adults, there are almost 1,800 beds equipped with oxygen for children, 1,147 ICU beds and 234 ventilators.
The department also informs CM that 80 medical oxygen production plants currently function throughout the interim state will be operational on January 25 next year.
Then, Soren asked officials to increase passenger screenings entering the train station, Bus Stand and Birsa Munda Ranchi International Airport.