Ranchi: To increase vaccination coverage that has been hit during Navratri, the State Health Department has directed all deputy commissioners to eliminate savings and meet the daily target.
The order has arrived behind the national review by the Union Minister of Health on Covid vaccination status on October 9, 2021 where it was decided to revive the urge for beneficiaries based on priority.
According to the state health department record, a total of 12,48,190 beneficiaries throughout the country are waiting for their second dose, which includes 8,61,651 of those who have taken Covishield and 3,86,539 which have taken Covaxin.
Girliith and Palamu have the maximum number of maturing beneficiaries, which are 1,05,873 and 1.05,457 respectively.
Speaking with Toi, Arun Kumar Singh’s additional school (health), “has arrived at our notification that more than 12 beneficiaries of the Lakh in various categories were too late for their vaccine doses for the last 84 days.
This has reached the future when the district has not been able to Meet their daily targets of vaccinations that have cumulatively set at 3 doses of lakh throughout the state.
“Singh, by mail, has directed the deputy commissioner to ensure that they meet the daily target and suggest many steps to do.
According to the SINGH letter, officials have been asked to carry out micro planning beneficiaries who qualified above 18 years and have to work to bring them to the nearest vaccine center.
Apart from that, a special three-day weekend vaccination drive must be held to increase the number and it must be done from the district to the Pancrayat level.
To increase coverage in rural areas and far, DC has been asked to use cellular vaccination vans.
Asked whether the gap would affect the efficacy of the vaccine, public health experts and community medicine professors, Dr.
Dewesh Kumar, said it would not.