Kolkata: Drive vaccination in Bengal slumped on Thursday with a number of doses given climbing to around 1.1 lakh.
In Kolkata, the number remains low only around 18,000 Jab.
Health officials said that mostly because many KMC clinics were not operating in addition to many private hospitals who postpone camps outside their site.
“We hope to travel to take a step once more from Friday and then further from Monday,” said a source at Swasthya Bhawan.
The previous week, the state had provided 3 lakh and above the dose every day on five consecutive days.
The number began to be dipped after the SOP for a private hospital to conduct camps outside the location was introduced.
“While the drive in our three CVCs hospitals and three camps outside the site – in two malls and east diagnostics – was in full, the total number of doses we had done had come down.
But our team is working on the approval needed for several camps outside Location.
Next week we have to get up again, “said CEO of Amri Hospitals CEO of Rupak Barua.
On weekdays, around 300 private CVCs will operate in Kolkata on certain days.
On Thursday, only 179 CVC was operated in the city, which was 85 in a private hospital.
In all countries, only 1,062 sites are operated, more than half of the usual numbers.
“At the CVC Hospital, however, there is an increase in the number of recipients who came to take shots.
From 200-plus doses on June 14, we provide a 500-plus dose on Thursday,” said CEO Nearless Sudipta Mitra.
The suspension of vaccinations in locations has hit senior citizens and those who have the most difficult physical defects.
Many cannot order slots on co-win while others cannot travel remotely to get their first or second dose.
All KMC vaccination clinics and mega vaccination centers (community rooms) remain closed on Thursday.
A citizenship official said there was a possibility of continuing the vaccination drive at the Civic clinic but only the second dose recipient of the covishield will be entertained.
“My grandfather, 72 years old, matured for the second dose on July 4 but almost no center manages the vaccine now.
We have to take him to one of the private hospitals but there is even a slot ordered,” said the nerve, residents , The crisis began from Tuesday when the vaccine supply to the KMC vaccination clinic dropped to the lowest level of all time.
The vaccine quota is reduced dramatically for each vaccination center from 300 to 50.
Apart from the 150 KMC vaccination clinics located in 144 wards, the Civic body runs 50 mega vaccination centers mainly intended for super spreaders.
“Now, the vaccine supply is very bad so we struggle to reach 10,000 marks,” said a KMC health department official.
Fortis Hospital and Rotary Club of Inner City were vaccinated by more than 150 Underpriveled recipients on Thursday.