The Centre has flagged Tamil Nadu and Kerala over their poor vaccine protection of their precedence group at lower than 25 per cent and has directed them to have interaction with healthcare employees to construct vaccine confidence, The Indian Express has learnt.
“During the video conferencing that is held every day, both Tamil Nadu and Kerala told us that they found varying amounts of vaccine hesitancy among their health care workers,” a high authorities supply, a part of the staff monitoring the vaccination drive, instructed The Indian Express.
Top authorities sources mentioned that in its evaluate conferences with the states, the Centre has additionally highlighted two different states — Punjab and Chhattisgarh – over their “poor coverage” in vaccinating its precedence group.
“We have told these states to engage with these healthcare workers. After all, the vaccine hesitancy is not going to go away if the state government is not going to engage with the beneficiaries and communicate the facts,” sources mentioned the 4 states had been instructed.
Sources mentioned that it was additional highlighted that the Indian Medical Association (IMA), most of whose high officers hail from Tamil Nadu, has “given a call that the 3.5 lakh members would be willingly taking the vaccine”.
Sources mentioned that through the evaluate assembly, the success of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana — all of which have reported a powerful 70 per cent protection — was highlighted to different states.
“In Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh, extensive planning has gone into executing the vaccination drive. In each session site, the health department of the state government has sat with the medical superintendent, the director, or the principal of the medical college. These states have had detailed discussions on the communication especially building vaccine confidence. They have gone beyond just issuing directions,” sources mentioned the states had been instructed.
In truth, sources identified, Andhra Pradesh, as a consequence of its strong immunization infrastructure, has determined to carry classes six days every week.
According to official knowledge, on the primary day, Tamil Nadu held 161 classes and vaccinated solely 2,945 beneficiaries, Kerala held 133 classes and vaccinated 8,062 beneficiaries, Chhattisgarh held 97 classes and vaccinated 5,592 beneficiaries, whereas Punjab held 59 classes and vaccinated just one,319 beneficiaries.
However, Andhra Pradesh on day 1 held 332 classes and vaccinated 18,412 beneficiaries, Karnataka held 242 classes and vaccinated 13,594 beneficiaries, whereas Telangana held 140 classes and vaccinated 3,653 beneficiaries
On Monday, whereas the small print of the classes weren’t offered, Tamil Nadu vaccinated 7, 628 beneficiaries, Kerala vaccinated 7,070 beneficiaries, Chhattisgarh vaccinated 4,459 beneficiaries, and Punjab vaccinated 1,882 beneficiaries.
On the identical day, Andhra Pradesh vaccinated 9,758 beneficiaries, Karnataka vaccinated 36,888 beneficiaries, whereas Telangana vaccinated 10,352 beneficiaries.
