According to the official, the program has now been accelerated and speed has also been stabilised. With this speed and enough quantities of vaccines, the government is prepared to vaccinate other individuals.
As more than 33 lakh healthcare workers have been vaccinated against the Coronavirus this month, the central government has now directed all states to commence the vaccination procedure for frontline workers along with remaining healthcare workers from the 1st week of February. Citing well being ministry officers, a report by The Indian Express noted that the Co-Win program created by the government has stabilised. On Friday, as numerous as 5.2 lakh vaccines have been administered in a single day and on Saturday also, the government is expecting to cross the 5 lakh mark. The final update on this for this week will be compiled tonight. According to the official, the program has now been accelerated and speed has also been stabilised. With this speed and enough quantities of vaccines, the government is prepared to vaccinate other individuals.
The senior Health Ministry official mentioned that each groups will move simultaneously in the vaccination drive. The well being ministry has also communicated to states that stocks of the two vaccines- Covaxin and Covishield will be released subsequently for additional augmentation. So far, the government has estimated 2 crore frontline workers (FLWs) who will be provided COVID-19 vaccine jabs. These workers include things like the armed forces, police personnels, disaster management volunteers, residence guards, and civil defence organisations, prison employees, along with municipal workers.
Similar to how healthcare workers are becoming vaccinated according to a bulk beneficiary list that is there on the Co-Win platform, the database of frontline workers will also be uploaded on the app. “The database of FLWs has been uploaded by states/UTs in collaboration with respective line ministries and as on date, database of more than 61 lakh FLWs has been uploaded on Co-Win,” the report quoted Dr Manohar Agnani, extra secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as saying.
According to Agnani, the government has requested states to direct concerned officials relating to the initiation of requisite preparing as properly as critique for vaccination of FLWs alongside HCWs from the 1st week of February.