Lukewarm response to Covid vaccination in Secunderabad

SECUNDERABAD: A lukewarm response has been received from the general public on the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme in Secunderabad Cantonment.
According to Bollarum General Hospital’s resident medical officer, Dr Ramakrishna, a total of 59 people were vaccinated on Saturday, the second day of vaccinations.
Availability of slots and delay in registering names in the online system could be reasons for the lukewarm response, cited the hospital RMO.“We hope that the inoculation will pick up after a couple of days,” he added.
SCB sanitation workers also took the jab for the second consecutive day, apart from the general public. “No adverse reports were received from the people who took vaccine doses,” said Dr Ramakrishna.
“We are also doing offline registration at the hospital premises for the sanitation workers, but it is mandatory that the general public register their names in the official portal. For vaccination, it takes nearly 45 minutes per head. After registration, vaccine doses will be given and then beneficiaries are kept in a separate room for observation,” said Dr Ramakrishna, explaining the inoculation process.
Currently, the vaccination programme is being conducted only at Bollarum General Hospital for entire Secunderabad. On day one, 50 people were given the vaccine at the hospital. Of them, 30 were from the general public and remaining 20 were sanitation workers.