The scarcity and restricted availability of vaccines at authorities facilities has so affected the vaccination marketing campaign in Majha districts of Punjab that only one,970 folks had been vaccinated in Amritsar on Wednesday. The numbers are a lot lower than the each day goal of twenty-two,000 set by the authorities for the primary week of April. In truth, till just lately, officers had been even vaccinating 6,000 to eight,000 folks. However, now the numbers have come down drastically.
Similarly, Gurdaspur’s goal was 16,000 in April, however now on a mean solely 1500 individuals are being vaccinated each day.
“There was a time when we used to vaccinate 10,000 people in a day. But now it has come down. The reason for this is lack of vaccines and low enthusiasm among the beneficiaries,” mentioned Arvind Manchanda, Gurdaspur vaccination officer.
Manchanda mentioned that round 2.50 lakh folks throughout the district have acquired the primary dose, of which 30,000 are within the 18-44 class. A complete of 76,000 folks in all teams acquired each doses.
1.32 lakh doses have been administered in Tarn Taran. While 1.15 lakh folks have acquired the primary dose, 17,000 folks have acquired each the doses. Around 8,400 within the 18-44 class have acquired their first dose.
Pathankot Civil Surgeon mentioned that the district has administered the primary dose to 1.45 lakh folks whereas the variety of beneficiaries receiving each the doses may be very much less.
Meanwhile, Gurdaspur administration has made preparations to offer paid COVID-19 vaccination to ineligible individuals by way of Red Cross.
Since free vaccination in authorities hospitals in Punjab is restricted to sure classes and never open to all, the Red Cross Society in Gurdaspur has supplied 1,000 doses to the well being division.
Any ineligible individual can get vaccinated in any authorities heart of Gurdaspur by paying Rs 430.
“Our aim is to get more and more people vaccinated. There are many people who do not fall into either category but want to get vaccinated. So, we bought about 1,000 doses in the first phase. Based on the response to our campaign, we will procure more vaccines,” mentioned Rajeev, secretary of Race Cross Society Gurdaspur.
“There are many younger individuals who need to go overseas or there are individuals who should exit for work they usually need the safety of vaccinations. All such folks can now get vaccinated at authorities facilities of the district.
A complete of 145 folks have benefited within the first two days of our initiative.
“We have got beneficiaries from Hoshiarpur as well. Any ineligible person from any part of Punjab can come to Gurdaspur and get the vaccination provided by the Red Cross Society,” mentioned Gurdaspur DC Mohammad Ishfaq.
“We are hopeful that as this word spreads more people will come for vaccination,” Rajeev mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
