New Delhi: The central government on Saturday asked states and union territories to focus on beneficiaries who are waiting for their second dose after the end of their gap period.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan highlighted the large number of eligible beneficiaries who have not received the second dose of the vaccine.
While reviewing the progress of Covid-19 vaccination with the Health Secretaries and Mission Directors of National Health Mission (NHM) of States and Union Territories through video conference, he said that the detailed line-lists of the payable beneficiaries would be used in the district preparedness. to be done. Second dose administration plan involving District Magistrate for execution in a time bound manner.
States and Union Territories were also urged to improve the pace of vaccination and accelerate coverage as the country moves to vaccinate all eligible populations by the end of the year as part of the nationwide Covid vaccination campaign.
“So far 71.24 crore first dose COVID vaccines have been given covering 76% of eligible population and 30.06 crore second dose covering 32.0% eligible population have been given COVID vaccines,” the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a release.
States and Union Territories were also suggested to conduct daily review of the progress of such district-wise scheme to ensure saturation of all eligible beneficiaries.
In addition, they were also advised to identify and prioritize districts that have low coverage for focused action and ascertain the need for mobilization efforts, addressing local challenges, need for additional Covid vaccination centers and rural Advised to improve access in areas.
States and Union Territories were also requested to share their strategy for increasing the coverage of the second dose.
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The focus of the meeting was to urge the States and Union Territories to accelerate the pace of nationwide immunization and second dose coverage.
This comes in the backdrop of achieving the milestone of 100 crore doses in the country on October 21.
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