Rajkot: Dhoraji, about 90 km from Rajkot City, has turned into a Covid-19 hotspot with Taluka contributing almost 40% of the total cases in rural areas of Rajkot.
Officials blamed large vaccine doubts among the people here because of the wrong information campaign on social media that produced the Covid-19 vaccine in impotence.
Dhoraji is one of five cities in the Rajkot district that has the municipality and is considered an urban area.
Low vaccination doubts in urban areas compared to villages throughout Gujarat, but in the case of Dhoraji, the scene was different.
According to official figures, a total of 497 people have been tested positively in the last 11 days in 11 talukas from the Rajkot District (not including the city) where 194 came from the city of Dhoraji alone.
Two patients also died during treatment in Dhoraji.
Talking to Toi, Dev Choudhary, District Development Officer, Rajkot said, “The number of cases in Dhoraji is highest because there is a strong resistance of people in many municipal wards after a fake social media message.” According to Choudhry, people have their disafforts that they will be impotent to take JAB and this results in serious vaccine reluctance.
Rajkot collector Arun Mahesh Babu and DDO Chaudhry personally visited Dhoraji twice to convince people for vaccination.
Finally, 90% vaccinated with the first dose and 75% with the second to populate more than 18 years.
According to the District Administration, the first dose was delayed and most of the population did not qualify for the second dose to 20 days ago because they did not complete the required 84 days.
A local health worker said, “The majority of the population takes the second dose before two to three weeks.
The vaccine also takes two weeks to increase immunity.
This is the reason for the maximum infected person.” Dhoraji is famous for its non-vegetarian food and a large number People from the nearest cities including Rajkot go there, most at night to enjoy this dish.