Guwahati: The Ministry of Health has expressed concern for reluctance by health workers and frontline workers in the country to take a booster prevention dose against Covid-19 despite eligible for the third shots and frontline workers and those aged 60 or more with comorbidity are eligible for Dosage of precautions.
Many passed prevention doses, including doctors and health staff who remained most vulnerable to Omicron variants that have spread in various districts.
However, many health workers feel that the booster dose is not efficient enough to prevent a very contagious variant like Omicron.
In addition, hundreds of health service workers have contracted a virus in the past few days, and therefore do not qualify for vaccinated with the third dose at this time.
Data from the State Vaccination Office revealed that around 2.87 beneficiaries of the Lakh have completed nine months from the date of the second shot and therefore, qualified for a dose of booster.
“Although recurring reminders and publicity, some people in the district will advance to get a booster dose.
The number of beneficiaries is increasing from day to day,” Nodal Nodal officers for Covid-19 vaccination, Munindra Nath Natey, told toi on Saturday.
He said about 3,000 covid vaccination centers operated for the past few days and this had sufficient capacity to accelerate the administration of a booster dose.
Only about 10,000-15,000 people will advance to be fully inspired by a dose of booster every day at the average health department has made arrangements to vaccinate at least 1 lakh beneficiary like that every day.
For example, from Saturday morning to 76,414 vaccine doses were given, which was far below the daily capacity of around 1.5 lakh doses.
About 1.06 lakh has taken a booster dose in the state until Saturday afternoon, after the drive was launched on January 10, the severity of the disease among the significant population being hospitalized in the third wave, including in Gautati Medical College and Hospital.
Dr.
Gayatri Gogoi, an assistant professor at Assam Medical College and noted researchers, who have not taken a dose of booster, said, “However, health care workers who deal with Covid patients remain very susceptible to infection and can be infected even after getting a booster dose.
ICMR experts Said the booster dose will not prevent infection.
Among people who do not have comorbidity, Omicron can trigger only mild infections.
“Ngatey said because the booster dose must be given voluntarily, they cannot force anyone to be vaccinated for the third time.
“Health care workers and forefront are qualified to get a booster dose very aware of the need for vaccination.
They must show urgency in getting a booster shot,” he said so far, around 31,255 health workers had got a booster shot.
Of the 4.40 lakh frontline workers in the state, the second dose has been given around 4.12 lakh.
However, only around 46,648 frontline workers have taken a booster dose in the last 11 days.