COVID-19 vaccination has entered the second phase and as it progresses, the next target for National Health Authority CEO RS Sharma is to make confident that people today will have more solutions of hospitals close to their property. In an interview to , Sharma also mentioned that more and more people today are coming out for vaccination throughout the second phase in which senior citizens and people today with comorbidities are becoming inoculated.
“We saw an increase of around 75 per cent and hopefully the number will increase in the coming days,” Sharma was quoted as saying in the report.
Talking about the plans in the next 3-6 months, Sharma mentioned that the vaccination programme against COVID-19 is operating smoothly and the technique implemented for the course of action is incredibly great as it provides people today the flexibility to register, select the vaccination centre of their option, schedule or reschedule appointments and get the vaccination performed. “We are also working on fine-tuning timings. The timings will be divided into slots. This is very much doable.”
“There is a plan for going forward. It is to have a demand-driven registration system for COVID-19 vaccination open to citizens and also covering many hospitals to make sure that facilities are close to their homes. This plan will be subjected to the availability of COVID-19 vaccines and how people respond to it,” Sharma mentioned.
On the possibility of new vaccines having government approval, Sharma mentioned that they as well will be incorporated in the technique and the course of action of distribution will be comparable. “The only thing is that people will not have the choice of choose from the available vaccines. However, we are making sure that a person gets the same vaccine during the full course of vaccination.”
When asked to clarify how this is becoming ensured, specifically when supplies of vaccines may possibly differ, Sharma mentioned that maintaining the information of everyone having vaccinated and issuing a digital certificate are assisting in this.
“So we have the data of everybody. This helps us to send the same vaccine to the designated centre. But in case there is some change, we will direct the person to visit a different centre where the same vaccine (received during the first dose) is available,” he mentioned.
As the complete workout is time-sensitive, a individual gets the appointment for the second dose as quickly as he or she gets the initial.
“Though it a voluntary process, this is done to avoid any glitch or technical error. We cannot do anything if the person decides not to come for the second dose. If the person wants to reschedule, it can be done in a week to 10 days’ flexibility.”
Sharma also emphasised that a lot of efforts are becoming place to guard the information of people today having vaccinated from cyberattacks. “The data is not being distributed anywhere and is at the back-end of our system. Standard methods of encryption and various kinds of firewalls are also being used.”