COVID-19 vaccine scarcity might torpedo Kerala’s ‘Crush the Curve’ marketing campaign

Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The chance of Covid-19 vaccine scarcity is threatening to upset the federal government’s ‘Crush the Curve’ marketing campaign geared toward dashing up the vaccination drive.

At a time when the each day jabs have elevated to round 2 lakh doses since election day on April 6, the state is left with just a bit above 9 lakh doses. 

“Mega camps started to ramp up vaccination may have to be suspended until fresh stocks of vaccines arrive. We hope the Centre will speed up fresh allotment,” mentioned an officer aware about vaccine administration.

He mentioned the state will get 5 lakh new doses of Covishield between April 15 and 20.When many states reported vaccine scarcity, Kerala was sitting comfy with over 15 lakh doses with an assured provide of extra, on April 5. 

The common variety of vaccinations per day on the time was round 1 lakh and solely 23 per cent of the weak inhabitants aged above 45 had acquired the primary dose. 

However, the state launched a mass vaccination marketing campaign when extra folks began getting contaminated. As a consequence 6,72,364 folks aged above 45 acquired their first dose within the 5 days after April 5.

If the momentum continues, the state will attain the milestone of administering 50 lakh doses  (together with over 5 lakh second doses) on Monday.

Thiruvananthapuram was forward of the Ernakulam and Kozhikode areas when it comes to vaccination. In the capital district, 5,54,561 doses of vaccines have been given to this point.

The regional vaccine centre in Thiruvananthapuram had simply 4,500 doses on April 10. The state administered 56,286 jabs on Sunday.