Kolkata: Department of Health Corporation Kolkata Municipal prepares to change the urban primary health center to be a vaccination center for children aged 15-18.
The same center will also be used to manage a booster dose for health workers and frontline and senior citizens with comorbidity.
“We have infrastructure in place.
There is no scarcity of vaccines.
We are waiting for a nod from Swasthya Bhawan to begin the vaccination process for children and a dose of booster for health workers and front lines along with senior citizens with comorbidity,” said a KMC health department official.
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According to a KMC health department official, currently the Civic body has more than 150 primary health centers that will be made by considering the needs of the vaccination of children after omicron spread.
“This urban primary health center is run as a covid vaccination center.
But most of these are lying.
These centers can play an important role in serving children’s vaccination needs, frontline workers and senior citizens,” said a KMC health department official.
The KMC health department will also receive the assistance of the vaccination center to meet vaccination needs.
“We can manage 300 doses every day of the urban primary health clinic.
In terms of the mega center, the number of daily doses will cross 500,” said a health department official.
According to a KMC official, all medical officers are responsible for the primary health center have been asked to take the necessary steps so vaccination for children can start from January 3.