Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Thursday night to change the Civic Body vaccination schedule and return to the original model, cut the first vaccination with the second dose, a practice that is in Vogue last weekend.
In fact, Brass Civic changing the vaccination schedule of three weeks to adjust the widening gap in demand between the two doses.
According to the notice of the Health Department of KMC, from Monday onwards, 124 Civic vaccination clinics will manage Covishield first and second and Covaxin dose in two shifts.
While the registration counters will be open to the receiving the first dose at 10 am, the receiver will be called after the second dose at 2 pm.
MEGA vaccination center KMC will also follow the same model, said a civic official.
According to the KMC health department official, after a sharp dip in demand for the second dose Covishield in five days, Brass Civic has decided to return to the original model followed during the last few months.
However, more changes are in store, said a KMC health department officials, subject to swings in demand for the second dose Covishield.
“Go with the demand model that has evolved in vaccination clinics us and centers of mega in the past seven days, we have decided to download the club vaccination first and second doses and allocate part of Lion of supply of our vaccine to the recipient of the first dose of Monday.
If we are witnessing a further change in the pattern of demand, we will change our vaccination schedule, “said a Health Ministry official KMC.
However, the scene at the Civic vaccination clinics just the opposite of what is now the vaccinator KMC struggling to meet the demands of the second dose Covishield receiver.
“Even a few weeks ago we would allocate 70% of our vaccine supply for the second dose Covishield receiver.
Now we need to take a contrary policy,” said a civic official with the vaccination drive.
However, part of the civic health officials feel the demand for a second dose scheduled to rise in the next seven days.
“Based on feedback from vaccination clinics KMC located at the ward level and centers of mega, we have taken a conscious decision to keep most of the stock provided to the receiving a second dose of next week and demand tends to soar,” said a Health Ministry official KMC time this, in mega vaccination centers KMC, recipient of the first dose Covishield have exceeded the number of recipients of the second dose.
For example, while the number of recipients of the first dose in Bhowanipore Education Society on Tuesday stood at 430, the number of recipients on Wednesday a second dose does not exceed 110.
But, after the second dose soaring demand, mega centers will need to cope with the rush, feel KMC health officials.