Image Source : AP Vaccination of frontline staff might begin from February first week.
The Union Health Ministry on Friday requested all states and union territories to provoke vaccination of frontline staff towards COVID-19 from the primary week of February. Vaccination of healthcare suppliers that started on January 16 to proceed concurrently, the ministry stated in a letter to states and union territories (UTs).
In the letter, Health Ministry Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani stated the database of frontline staff is being up to date by states and UTs in collaboration with the respective line ministries.
As on date, the database of greater than 61 lakh frontline staff has been uploaded on Co-WIN portal.
“In this regard, after due consultation with states and UTs, it is advised that the states and UTs shall initiate simultaneous vaccination of frontline workers and healthcare workers from the first week of February,” Agnani stated.
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A pan-India COVID-19 vaccination drive initiated on January 16 goals to cowl healthcare and frontline staff within the preliminary section.
Till 8 AM on Friday, 29,28,053 beneficiaries have obtained anti-coronavirus photographs underneath the countrywide vaccination train.
The letter mentions that the required doses of each vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — have been allotted to the states and UTs and additional augmentation will probably be made by subsequent releases.
The states and UTs ought to make sure that classes have to be created for each the kind of vaccines in proportion to the discharge of vaccines to the state, wherever relevant, the letter stated.
“I request you to kindly direct the involved officers to provoke requisite planning and evaluation for initiating vaccination of frontline staff together with healthcare staff from the primary week of February 2021.
Your unstinted help is pre-requisite to realize the specified acceleration and impression of COVID-19 vaccine drive,” the letter said.
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