East Singhbhum to prepare task force, health workers’ database for mass vaccination drive

Acting on directives from the state health department, the East Singhbhum administration is working on the modalities of constituting a task force for distribution of any vaccine for Covid-19 that is approved by the Centre. Sources said work is already on for the construction of a vaccine storage facility at the district leprosy centre.
At the department level, all preparations will be made so that the administration process can begin as soon as vaccine is approved and there are no delays in distribution in urban and rural areas. The sources in the district health department said a monitoring committee will be formed with DC Suraj Kumar and 17 other members to oversee the entire process of distribution and other administration of the vaccine.
Once the committee is constituted, the members will meet every Saturday at 11.30am at the district headquarters. A notice from the district civil surgeon’s office says that attendance at these meetings, chaired by the DC, will be compulsory for all members.
The sources said that all efforts will be made to ensure that there is no shortage of health workers for the speedy distribution of vaccines. Civil surgeon R N Jha has instructed private health clinics to prepare data on health workers required for the mass vaccination campaign. Officials in Jha’s office said anganwadi sevikas, NGO and social organization workers could be roped in for the purpose.