Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Sunday posed a “challenge” to the state government to vaccinate 80 per cent of the adult population with both doses by the end of September, as he said doing so would prevent people from being hit by a third wave of Covid-19. can be saved from. . “Experts are predicting that the third wave will be upon us by October. However, if we completely vaccinate at least 80 percent of the adult population by the end of September, there may be no third wave. Even If it is, it will be very benign. So I am asking the Karnataka government whether they are up to the challenge?” Shivakumar said.
Emphasizing on the importance of vaccination, he said, the Karnataka government has so far given only 7 per cent of the eligible population of both doses. “The government should stop talking about how many doses it has given. What matters is the double dose. With just one dose, there is very little protection. With both doses there is a lot of protection. There are studies from Mumbai, London, New York all saying that both doses will save us,” his office said in a release.
Noting that according to experts children may be affected the most in the third wave and terming it as a matter of great concern, the KPCC chief said, “We do not want the third wave. We can overcome the third wave. We have That’s it. 80 percent of the population has to be vaccinated before the third wave starts.” He said, “… on behalf of the people of Karnataka, I request the government to do 80 percent vaccination in 3 months with both doses. I hope they will accept my challenge.” Shivakumar will also give a memorandum to the Governor in this regard.
Stating that if the government fails to vaccinate 80 per cent of adults before the end of September, it will be responsible for a third wave, he said, the goal is not impossible, it is entirely possible. “Now that we have stopped donating vaccines to other countries, we should be able to vaccinate our people really fast. The central government should also provide 75 percent of the vaccines free of cost to the state. Let’s not pay attention to their own little scams with private vaccination, we can easily get it,” he said.
The Congress leader further said that the government may need to revise the guidelines to administer a second dose of Covishield within 8 weeks as the international consensus appears to be that this is the best dose differential to fight the delta variant. . “We are persuading people to get the vaccine and we will do more. The problem is not demand but supply,” he said, accusing the BJP of spreading vaccine hesitation so that it could not answer questions about it. Have to give lack of vaccines.
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