New Delhi: The Ministry of Health on Thursday comes out with a fact sheet taken to reach a vulnerable population assert that all citizens regardless of their income status are entitled to free vaccination by the Indian government and those who have the ability to pay encouraged to use private hospital vaccination centers , People are also encouraged to be financially supported the vaccination of the economically weaker parts in the Covid Private Vaccination Center (CVC) which is an electronic voucher that cannot be transferred in the pipe.
The Ministry of Health in the Jusitif Statement Need for Fact Sheets to remove myths and issue details quoting that there are several media reports that accuse the Indian vaccine strategy ‘ignoring older and vulnerable populations’, further claiming that the policy is ‘rich privileges’ , The government said the ‘National Covid Vaccination Program’ was built on scientific and epidemiological evidence, which were global guidelines and best practices.
It clarified that the Covid vaccination program gave a priority to strengthen the state health care system by protecting professionals, health and frontline workers who are on guard, and protect the most vulnerable population groups.
“This approach has produced positive results by reaching more than 87.4% of dose coverage 1 among registered health care workers (HCWS) S and around 90.8% coverage of doses 1 among the registered frontline workers (FLWS), so that it protects the cohort This is involved in providing health services, supervision and detention activities in the middle of the 2nd wave of Covid-19 pandemic, “he said.
Until now, the drive has discussed 45.1% of those aged 45 years and over with the first dose of vaccination.
“With a large cohort to serve the age group of 60 years and above and those aged 45-59 years with comorbidity, coverage of more than 49.35% of the population aged 60 years above with a single dose of the Covid-19 vaccine has been achieved in drive vaccination “It pointed.
To achieve vulnerable parts, guidelines have been distributed for community-based, flexible, and centered approaches.
Old, vulnerable not ignored: the government released a Vax fact sheet
