Coimbatore: While the Ministry of Health vaccinates 40% of the district population with the first dose of the Covid vaccine, only 10% of them have received a dose.
As data from the department, 18.87 doses of lakh have been used so far the area.
From this, 15.25 lakh is the first dose and only 3.6 lakh is the second dose.
With an estimated 38 lakh population, the amount is not too convincing in terms of vaccination.
While it is important to have a dose for an effective immune response to Covid-19, more vaccination camps are carried out to manage the second dose.
“Approximately, 12,000 streaks are vaccinated every day in the district.
Apart from vaccination with the first dose, we are conducting exclusive camps for the second dose,” said Deputy Director of Health Services (DDHS) P Aruna.
But the amount is certainly not convincing, said Dr.
Varun Sundaramoorthy, Infectious Disease (ID) consultant at the Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMC).
“For good immunity, one vaccine dose is not enough.
Protection will not last long.
Even with two vaccine doses, sometimes you might not get an adequate immune response if the virus mutates and completely different from the previous infection,” he said told Tii.
Personal health care sector vibrant in coimbatore and vaccination was taken at a private hospital after the center allowed them to carry out a direct vaccine from the manufacturer from May.
Become an industrial area, many industries prefer private health care facilities to vaccinate staff.
But various prices and variations in the duration of the first and second dose of two available vaccines are said to be the reason for delays in vaccinating the maximum number of people.
The two most popular vaccines are priced differently.
While Covaxin is available for RS 780 in a private hospital, Covishield at a price around Rs 1,250.
Because most people prefer a cheaper vaccine, the time between the first and second dose is almost three months.
Most young people and large families prefer covishield.
But the time between the first and second dose is 84 days.
Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Personal Covid Vaccination Center (CVC), vaccinated more than 1,000 people every day a few months ago.
It has dropped to 500.
Many of them are vaccinated in the last week of May or the first of June is likely to be back for vaccination in the next few weeks.
“The government has provided an exception by reducing the time between two covishield doses for those traveling abroad.
This must also include Covaxin also to increase the level of vaccination,” said Poornima Raja, Head of the Sri Ramakrishna Hospital Operation.