CHANDIGARH: The Central Government is yet to recognize the health department’s claims of 100% coverage of the first dose. covid Vaccination. After several people hesitated to take the shot, the department has now started conducting surveys to confirm their “achievement”.
“I hesitate to get myself vaccinated. I haven’t got the first shot. We were told that door-to-door visits were made for vaccination. It is fictional,” said a 31-year-old resident of Sector 32.
UT’s director of health services Dr Amandeep Kang, while agreeing to quarantine some residents, said, “We have started door-to-door survey in places like Dhanas. This is to get an idea of how many are left out. On paper, we have 100% coverage, but we would like to find out with our field surveys.
Sources said that the idea of starting these surveys is to vaccinate the untouched population so that the chain of transmission is cut. Most of the people coming from periphery areas like Mohali And Panchkula to work in the city. An official of the Panchkula health department said, “Their organizations have a database about their vaccination status, but the Chandigarh health department is not aware of it.”
On the other hand, those who have come from Panchkula, Mohali or even the neighboring states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have been registered as vaccinated from the city.
9.98 lakh doses given:
an officer in UT Health Department “They have been linked to the city as beneficiary even if they are not working or living in Chandigarh,” he said. The department has given 9,98,641 doses of vaccines so far. The department claimed that almost all eligible population has been given the first dose and 34.5% have been given the second dose.
“I hesitate to get myself vaccinated. I haven’t got the first shot. We were told that door-to-door visits were made for vaccination. It is fictional,” said a 31-year-old resident of Sector 32.
UT’s director of health services Dr Amandeep Kang, while agreeing to quarantine some residents, said, “We have started door-to-door survey in places like Dhanas. This is to get an idea of how many are left out. On paper, we have 100% coverage, but we would like to find out with our field surveys.
Sources said that the idea of starting these surveys is to vaccinate the untouched population so that the chain of transmission is cut. Most of the people coming from periphery areas like Mohali And Panchkula to work in the city. An official of the Panchkula health department said, “Their organizations have a database about their vaccination status, but the Chandigarh health department is not aware of it.”
On the other hand, those who have come from Panchkula, Mohali or even the neighboring states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have been registered as vaccinated from the city.
9.98 lakh doses given:
an officer in UT Health Department “They have been linked to the city as beneficiary even if they are not working or living in Chandigarh,” he said. The department has given 9,98,641 doses of vaccines so far. The department claimed that almost all eligible population has been given the first dose and 34.5% have been given the second dose.
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