Bihar: Officials to motivate Bhagalpur residents for getting vaccinated

BHAGALPUR: The district health department has issued directives to the in-charges of primary health centres (PHCs), health workers and employees associated with government hospitals to create awareness among common people, who are 45-years and above, to motivate them for vaccination.
The drive to intensify immunization as a protection against Covid has been launched after the district health department collected data about the present status of vaccination of those who are 45-year-old and above.Altogether 86 vaccination centres in 16 blocks have been set up.
Bhagalpur civil surgeon (CS) Dr Umesh Sharma said that the directive for intensifying the vaccination drive was issued keeping the low vaccination rate in view as per assessment of the vaccination data versus population of the district. “So far we have been able to vaccinate more than 2,60,000 residents, who are 45 years and above ever since the vaccination drive started. We are not fully satisfied with the statistics and hence steps are being taken towards intensive vaccination,” the CS added.
“It was found that vaccination drive at centres under Jagdishpur block, Sabour, Ismailpur, Rangra and Narayanpur block is slow,” Dr Sharma added.
“Doctors, PHC in-charges, paramedical staff, Asha workers and others have been asked to motivate people in their respective areas to get vaccines,” added the civil surgeon saying there is no shortage of vaccines, however, we will need additional supply of vaccines for vaccination of the people who are between 18 and 45 years, when the government orders to start vaccination of this age group.”
People can travel to vaccination centres with their Aadhaar card for taking vaccines even during the lockdown.
District immunization officer Dr Manoj Choudhary said that vaccination is going on smoothly. “The need of the hour is to intensify the vaccination process and immunize more people as early as possible,” Dr Choudhary said.