New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday termed the low COVID-19 vaccination coverage among healthcare and frontline workers a trigger of “serious concern” particularly for the second dose. The Centre suggested the states and Union territories to arrange efficient plans to expedite the second dose coverage among these precedence teams.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan chaired a high-level assembly with the states to evaluate the progress of innoculation drive and highlighted that whereas the nationwide common for the primary dose administration among the healthcare workers (HCWs) is 82 per cent, for the second dose, it is just 56 per cent.
Also, the coverage in 18 states and Union territories, together with Punjab, Maharashtra, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Assam, is beneath the nationwide common on this side, the well being ministry mentioned an announcement reported PTI.
The assertion inspired walk-in classes for the 18-44 age class if the “onsite-dose 2” capability is bigger than zero. The states had been suggested to broadly publicise about this on the CVCs.
For the frontline workers (FLWs), the nationwide common of first-dose coverage is 85 per cent however for the second dose, it is just 47 per cent, whereas 19 states and Union territories have reported a second-dose coverage of FLWs beneath the nationwide common, the assertion mentioned.
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