Chandigarh: It is unlikely that Punjab can reach its target to provide at least one dose of covid vaccine to a population that meets the conditions at the end of October due to uncertain drives.
The country has so far been managed to stab 75% of the population that qualifies with one of two mandatory shots while 28.71% has fully immunized.
With 1.54.63.144 of 2,06,55,301 beneficiaries that meet the requirements of receiving their first shots until October 20, Punjab is still around 51.92.157 Jab far from the inoculation of the adult population with the first dose, with a little more than a week to reach the target.
Of the total first dose recipients, 2.16,360 are health workers, 11,52,009 frontline workers, 60,45,795 in groups 45-plus and 80,48,980 in the age group 18-44.
To achieve the target, around 5 people the average lakh must be immunized every day for the rest of the days of a month and many will depend on the level of vaccine doubts and the availability of stock in the coming days.
After struggling with low coverage over the first seven months, mostly caused by irregular supply, vaccine coverage received encouragement in September with an average of 1.98 lakh shots provided every day in the entire state, the highest since the beginning of the trip in January .
The pace of the drive was once again hit in October, with only 19.23,218 people who were immunized until October 20, accounting 96,160 jabs per day on average.
Explain the reason for a decline in vaccination in recent days, a senior health official said that demand has begun to fall as the majority of beneficiaries who are willing to vaccinate have received their first dose.
The official said that the speed will decrease when the population has not received the first dose consisting of individuals who have vaccine doubts and must be motivated to be immunized.
According to the records of the State Health Department, Ludhiana leads to the first dose coverage with 2,394,382 from 26.32,727 people who meet the requirements of receiving the first dose followed by Jalandhar.
Contrary to Punjab, the state of Himachal Pradesh has discussed the population of adults who meet the requirements with the first dose.
PB is not possible to meet the October time limit for ‘1 jab for all adults’
