First dose coverage yet to be completed

Even as Mysuru stands second within the State by way of vaccination coverage amongst senior residents after Bengaluru, the primary dose of vaccination for the healthcare employees remains to be not over yet although the drive took off almost two months in the past.

The coverage is inching nearer to 100 per cent as 93.8 p.c goal had been achieved as on Wednesday with 25,362 healthcare employees (HCWs) out of 27,032 having taken the primary dose of the jab.

Sources within the Health Department mentioned the primary dose would be completed within the subsequent few days, attaining cent per cent goal. The vaccination for HCWs was launched on January 16. Contrary to what the well being authorities had claimed after the roll-out, the primary dose has taken a while to recover from in view of some apprehensions which, the sources declare, had been addressed efficiently, encouraging the unvaccinated HCWs to flip up on the vaccination centres of their respective areas.

The second dose of vaccination for the HCWs has achieved 53.6 per cent goal. Out of 25,362 beneficiaries, 13,605 had been vaccinated till Wednesday.

Despite the heads of the varied departments taking the lead in encouraging their employees to take the jab by vaccinating themselves, the coverage for the frontline employees (FLWs) has simply crossed the 50 p.c goal.

The lowest coverage has been within the Revenue Department the place solely 826 out of two,225 registered got here ahead and took the primary dose as on Wednesday. Only 3 beneficiaries from the division turned up to take the vaccine on Wednesday.

Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, after taking the primary dose of jab, had referred to as upon her division employees not to hesitate to take the shot, saying that the vaccine was completely secure. Despite her name, solely 37.1 per cent of the goal within the division had been achieved till Wednesday.

The highest vaccination coverage among the many frontline employees had been achieved in MOHA (Police division), which registered 61.2 per cent goal – 4,885 beneficiaries out of seven,978 registered beneficiaries had been inoculated as on Wednesday. Only 4 registered beneficiaries from the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj turned up.

A complete of 8,842 frontline employees have taken the vaccine out of 17,470, registering 50.6 per cent goal, till Wednesday.

The response from people aged above 60 years is overwhelming in Mysuru district. On Wednesday, 963 turned up throughout the district for the jab. Nearly 113 people aged between 45 and 59 with co-morbidities had been vaccinated as on Wednesday.

As per the State vaccination coverage information, 1,989 folks above 60 years of age had obtained the primary dose in Mysuru district. This is the second highest after Bengaluru the place 6,778 acquired it.