Mangaluru: Boost for vaccination as Covid cases surge


Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Apr 17: COVID19 cases are increasing in Dakshina Kannada district. Therefore the district administration has decided to speed up the process of vaccinating the people. Vaccination drives are being undertaken in huge institutions and colleges. In addition, it has also been decided to train health workers, nursing college students etc about the vaccination programme.

So far, 36 percent of the people have been vaccinated against coronavirus. By increasing the process of vaccinating, the administration plans to put a break on the advancing infection.

 
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The goal before the department is to vaccinate 4.17 lac people aged over 45 and two lac people aged over 60. Already 2.22 lac people have been vaccinated. At present, the vaccination programme is progressing satisfactorily. The current target of 4,000 vaccinations a day has been increased to 9,000 from April 13 onwards, said district RCH officer and COVID nodal officer, Dr B V Rajesh.

He said that at the gram panchayat level, NGOs and Yuvaka Sanghas will be involved to spread awareness about the need to get vaccinated. The district has 393 health sub centres, where too arrangements are being made to vaccinate people, In addition, 66 primary health centres, 12 urban primary health centres, four taluk hospitals and six community health centres will be involved with the vaccination programme, he explained.

At present, vaccination is being given in one sub centre under every primary health centre's jurisdiction. From April 13, vaccination is extended to two sub centres under every health centre, he stated, as a result of which 200 sub centres are involved with giving vaccinations.

Out of 8,000 employees of MRPL, 50 percent are aged over 45. As many as 300 workers of KIOCL were vaccinated in three days. In a couple of days, BASF, colleges etc will be contacted and steps will be taken to undertake vaccination drives there, he stated.

Dr Rajesh stated that enough medicine is available in the district and 20,000 doses are currently available which would last three days. More vaccines will arrive within this week and in 15 days, there are chances of the Sputnik vaccines being made available, he added.

Dr Rajesh dismissed the chances of administering different vaccines to people in the first and second doses. He said that such mistakes cannot happen as the information about those who are vaccinated is available in the app.

 

 

 

 

 

  

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  • Shruti, Mangalore

    Wed, May 05 2021

    It is both sad and frustrating to see the mismanagement in the vaccine allocation. People are awaiting for second dose of covaxin and the vaccine has not been made available. Called several PHCs and hospitals in Mangalore they all have only one thing to say "No idea which vaccine will be coming to us". The purpose of vaccination is lost if the second dose is not made available on time.

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Sat, Apr 17 2021

    Statements galore? An experimental vaccine which doesn't create antibodies in elderly & those vulnerable to the assumed virus will boost confidence of people in getting them? As second wave is now shown to be more virulent but not life threatening half as much as the first one is better left without irritating it further to mutate & become more dangerous should be the priority. Medical Science has only scratched the surface of immune system despite having loads of information with the aid of modern technology, Should we disturb it by injecting weakened viruses derived from other animals with adjuvants & additives to enhance their efficiency as virus alone has failed according to research scientists which is only inside knowledge which our doctors too aren't aware of as the vaccine industry wants secrecy more than transparency to keep their profits high, it is global fact but people are kept in dark despite health risks they endure in the end. Time to relax & let real herd immunity protect future waves instead of trying to fight an invisible enemy which was there & will be there in future as well using us as just hosts to survive. Let us build our immunity through healthy diet & lifestyle, let us not fear as it lowers immunity, even lack of oxygen through masking is beneficial to the present as well as less hostile viruses & bacteria to multiply and become uncontrolled contagions we should guard against.

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  • Unnathi Nayak, Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 19 2021

    Dear Dev, Neither does masking up decrease your oxygen nor does herd immunity help protect lives like vaccines do. It's true that that a lot is not known about the biology of the immune system and healthy diet is essential for fighting any disease. It's definitely not the time to relax but to make sure you are following suitable practices. Please don't mislead anyone and create unneccesary panic with false claims such as a new contagion. Any credible references you would want to show me and let me know something are welcome. Have a great day, stay safe

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, Apr 17 2021

    I hope we have enough Vaccines ...

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  • H Kunder, Mangalore

    Sat, Apr 17 2021

    How can we have enough vaccines, when our gentleman has gifted them to other countries leaving his fellow citizens in trouble.

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