Hyderabad has begun a unique mop-up drive to inoculate persons who had been left out of the Covid-19 vaccination drive. The Telangana government hopes to vaccinate the city’s whole population inside a fortnight with the drive.
CoWin information suggests the state has administered 1.68 crore doses of the vaccine as of August 22. Of the total, 1.25 crore are initial doses and the remaining 43 lakh second doses. The Hyderabad district has seen 35.69 lakh doses administered, such as 26.2 lakh initial doses and the remaining 9.4 lakh second doses.
Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar visited a vaccination centre at the Old CIB quarters on Monday to oversee arrangements for the mop-up drive across Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) jurisdictions.
According to the plans for the drive, two-member mobilisation teams will make door-to-door visits and determine in advance unvaccinated persons. The group members will then inform the persons concerned about the area’s vaccination centre and the date and time for the inoculation. The group will also paste a sticker on the door of households whose residents have been vaccinated.
Kumar mentioned following a critique meeting with overall health division, SCB, and GHMC officials on August 21 that 175 mobile cars would be utilised for the drive.
Twenty-5 of these cars would serve the Cantonment regions, whilst the remaining 150 would serve Greater Hyderabad. Each automobile will involve two vaccinators and one information entry operator. The 10-15-day drive will cover 4,846 slums, colonies, and other regions in the GHMC region and 360 localities in Cantonment.
Kumar has mentioned sufficient vaccine doses had been made accessible for all households identified. Appreciation certificates would be issued to Residents’ Welfare Associations that have completed one hundred per cent vaccination.
As per newest Union Health Ministry information, Telangana has 6,276 active Covid-19 situations. Its total death toll from the virus stands at 3,862.