Katihar gears up for Covid-19 vaccination

KATIHAR: Altogether 2,763 rural sites have been earmarked in Katihar for the Covid-19 vaccination programme, district immunisation officer Dr D N Jha said. The figure of the urban sites for the mammoth exercise, however, is yet to be released.
Asked about deferment of polio immunisation programme, Dr Jha said, “Polio immunisation on January 17 was planned in the run up to the National Immunisation Day (NID).Its postponement will not hit the routine immunisation of children. Various stakeholders and agencies at the national level will take a final call on polio immunisation under NID later on.”
Dr Jha said At least 14,944 government and 1,600 private health workers have been shortlisted for Covid vaccination in the district. “Nearly, 420 auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) have been provided training to administer vaccine to healthcare workers in the district,” he added.
“We will deploy five personnel at each site in the district to carry out the vaccine drive,” Dr Jha said.
Katihar civil surgeon Dr D N Pandey too said postponement of anti-polio drive under the NID would not affect routine immunisation of children.