The Gumla administration targeted educational institutions for promoting VAX coverage. Ranchi News – Times of India

Gumla: Educational Institutions Gumla As part of its efforts to intensify the vaccination campaign amid fears of the Omicron variant, the district administration has been asked to conduct an awareness session during the Vidhan Sabha regarding the COVID-19 vaccination campaign and conduct a vaccine pledge for students as well as parents. has gone. “We have also asked the institutions to identify those people and encourage them to do the same,” Gumla DDC Karna Satyarthi said on Monday after an emergency meeting with the heads of institutions.
“Teachers get respect in the society and that is why we are targeting educational institutions,” Satyarthi said. encouragement Vaccination drive. Teachers can explain to the students better than anyone else and they can explain the importance of vaccination to the students as well as their parents.
Gumla DC Shishir Kumar Sinha said, “Our focus is to ensure that every eligible adult is vaccinated and since schools And with colleges having a large population of 18+, we are encouraging all those who haven’t noticed yet or take a second dose to do so as soon as possible.”
Apart from this, the administration has divided the blocks into groups for better monitoring of the vaccination campaign. “Around 10-12 villages have been grouped together and district level officers have been deputed as nodal officers to effectively conduct and monitor the vaccination campaign,” said Satyarthi.
Gumla Civil Surgeon Raju Kachhap said, “A joint coordination team of medical officers from community health centers and BDOs is engaged in the blocks where the vaccination rate is less than 50% and we have taken all our medical personnel to meet the immunization target. pressure is exerted. As soon as possible.”
The district has to vaccinate 7,48,309 persons across Gumla and so far 4,41,487 people have taken their first dose while 2,28,870 have taken both the doses.

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