Jaipur: The Chairman of the Ashok Minister Gehlot demanded a booster dose for people with co-morbidity in all age groups and children to prevent other covid waves.
He said, children from the age of five were being vaccinated in many countries.
The central government must begin vaccination of children in India soon and increase the scope of the booster dose because patients with comorbidity are found in all age groups, he said.
Gehlot was handling the Covid vaccination review meeting through video conferencing from his residence on Friday.
This country has a large child population.
They must be vaccinated and protect their health must be our top priority.
Experts believe that after a certain time, the effects of vaccines began to decline and diabetes patients, hypertension, BP, the problem related to the heart found in all age groups.
The minister’s chairman said that in such situations, the central government must allow a booster dose to all those people regardless of age.
At present, only such people are above 60 permitted ‘caution doses’.
Gehlot claims that Rajasthan becomes a model model in this country in terms of vaccination.
So far, more than 92% of people over 18 years have been given the first dose of vaccines and around 78% of people have been given the second dose.
In just four days, more than 30% of teenagers in the 15 to 18-year-old group were vaccinated.
He directed that those who had lost vaccination until now get their vaccine to reach the target of 100%.
He said that from members of the Ministers to the Panchayat level, all public representatives, employee officers and voluntary organizations must motivate people to vaccinate and make people aware of the Covid protocol.
He said that post-covid complications had been seen among those infected during the second wave.
The effect is seen in many people to this day.
We also need to be aware of the side effects of Omicron.
The Main Secretary (Medical) Vaibhav Galaria through a presentation that was informed that the active case in the country has increased to 7200.
The satisfactory thing is that the number of patients received at the hospital was only 302.
He said that around 8 lakh people were vaccinated everyone.
In just 4 days, around 16 Lakh beneficiaries in the 15 to 18-year-old group were vaccinated.
Approval of 358 vehicles has been issued for cooperation in vaccination.