Kolkata: Bengal has given a slightly above 33 doses of Covid’s vaccine vaccine in the last three days despite heavy rain which has flooded most of the country.
Going with this level, health officials are sure to vaccinate one more person than the next 10 days if the vaccine supply continues to be organized and in adequate quantities.
In such cases, around 65% of the eligible population is expected to be covered by at least one dose before Durga Puja and the state can resolve seven crore population vaccines that meet the requirements with both doses in December.
“We can manage around 33 lakh jabs in three days despite relentless rain.
So, we hope to discuss one more crore people in 10 days.
To complete a full vaccination of seven crores that meet the requirements of people in Bengal, we need two to three The moon and vaccine dose are quite in hand.
We have provided more than 5 doses of crore and 9 doses of the remaining crore will require three months.
Now let’s see how stable the supply of vaccine doses in the future, “said Director Bengal Health Services Ajay Chakraborty.
Bengal has around seven crores over 18 years of eligible to take anti-covid jabs.
Overall around 14 doses of crore must be given because each recipient must be given two doses for complete vaccination.
However, the section of health officials felt that reaching full vaccination targets in December could be a little ambitious.
“There is no doubt we must approach 100% vaccination in December if the dose continues to arrive regularly and also in a good amount.
But it can take time during February or March to cover all the qualified populations because we will still have some people who are shed Their second dose on the later date, “said a health official of Swasthya Bhawan.
With the supply of vaccine doses, both in terms of quantity and frequency, health officials have also increased drive inoculation since the beginning of this month.
In the first 18 days, one Jab Crore is managed.
Apart from the rain and floods on Tuesday, more than 11 doses of the lakh vaccine were given from 4,387 centers across the state, making the best player Bengal that day, followed by in second place with around 10 doses of lakh.
On Wednesday, Bengal inched towards the dose of 6 lakh.
The country received a new supply of 14 doses of the lakh vaccine on Wednesday night.
“We have 25 doses of lakh on Wednesday morning.
Because the stock is better in our hands, we can allow the district to expand the inoculation drive there.
How we increase our inoculation drive will depend on the interval and quantum of vaccine supply.
But we must be able to Stable with around 6 doses of lakh a day on average for now, “said the family welfare officer Ashim Das Malangakar.