Nashik : The pace of immunization of children in the age group of 15 to 18 in the city has come to a halt due to insufficient supply of Covaccine vaccine by the government. Now a month has passed since the vaccination campaign started. So far only 52 thousand 200 children of the city have been vaccinated with Covaccine. School and parents are inquiring about the vaccine. But the Municipal Corporation has only 1500 vaccines left. On one hand, the remaining 48 thousand children have been vaccinated. The medical department is stuck in a problem due to the increase in the demand for other vaccines.
Therefore, the medical superintendent Dr. Bapusaheb Nagargoje gave information about sending a letter to the health department to make available stock of vaccine. Significantly, due to vaccination, the effect of the third wave of corona in the city has reduced. The first corona vaccination was made mandatory for all citizens over the age of 18. But children who were under the age of 18 were not being vaccinated. Omicron Through this new variant, after the third wave of corona caused outrage in the world, vaccination of children aged 15 to 18 was started from 3 January 2022.
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48 thousand children deprived of the first vaccine
Covaxin This is the only vaccine allowed for children. A target was fixed to vaccinate 1 lakh children in the city. After this, vaccination of some school-junior college children was allowed. Due to this, the pace of vaccination accelerated in the first two weeks of last month. In the meantime, the pace of vaccination slowed down due to lack of adequate vaccines. So far 50 thousand 200 children have been vaccinated in the city, which is 52 percent. So 48,000 children are deprived of the first vaccine. This claim has been made by the Medical Department.
letter sent to health directorate
A month has passed since the vaccination campaign started. Therefore, parents are inquiring about the second vaccine. 48,000 children are deprived of the first vaccine. But the municipal corporation does not have enough vaccine available. As of today, the Municipal Corporation has 1495 vaccines left. In today’s situation, due to the lack of regular supply of vaccine, there has been a problem in giving the first and second vaccine. Therefore, the Medical Department has sent a letter to the Directorate of Health to provide adequate vaccines of Kovaccine.
Booster vaccine given to 21 thousand citizens
On the background of Omicron, booster vaccine is being administered to health-medical staff, frontline workers at 138 immunization centers in the city from January 10, under the guidance of the central government. The number of frontline workers in the city is 25 thousand. So far, 21 thousand 50 frontline workers have been given boosters. Due to this, the effect of the third wave of corona in the city has reduced.