Kolkata: Suddenly there was a decrease in demand for the second dose of covishield, but the Department of Health Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to continue to prepare buffer shares for the second dose recipient.
Demand is expected to increase from next week, when the second dose schedule for recipients in the age group 18-44 is likely to appear.
After witnessing the low rejection of the second dose recipient after the introduction of new vaccination schedules from Monday, the KMC health department senior officials on Wednesday decided to set aside most of the second dose of the covishield at the vaccination clinic and the mega centers, where demand.
It is expected to rise from next week.
Most recipients in the 18-plus age group will be scheduled for their second shot around that time “based on feedback from the KMC vaccination clinic at the environmental level and from the centers of Mega, we have made a conscious decision to keep part of the stock provided for the receiver The second dose, the request from who is expected to rise from next week, “said the KMC health department official.
At the same time, the Civic body has decided to experiment with the vaccination schedule again, repair Wednesday and Saturday as vaccination day for second doses and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for the first dose recipient.
However, this change is temporary and the vaccination schedule can change next week, depending on demand for the second dose, a citizenship official said.
According to a KMC medical officer, who was assigned to see vaccinations at the Covishield clinic located in Tollygunge after the introduction of new civilian vaccination schedules from Monday-alternative to the first and second doses – the number of second-dose recipients in the last two days barely stood at 60.
But, the KMC medical officer said he expected a surge in demand for the second dose after a new group of 18-plus recipients joined the vaccination queue at his clinic from next week.
So on.
“Go with a note of my clinic vaccination, I have a reason to believe that we need to save a vaccine stock that is good for the second dose recipient for the next few weeks because demand tends to rise from next week,” citizenship officials said.
In the vaccination centers of KMC vaccination, the first covishield dose recipient has issued the number of second-dose recipients.
For example, while the number of recipients of the first dose at Bhawaniipur Education Society on Tuesday stands at 430, the number of second doses on Wednesday does not exceed 110.
But, once the second dose demand soaring, the mega centers will need it to handle in a hurry, feel Senior health department official KMC.