The state authorities took an enormous determination to restrict the vaccination drive as a result of scarcity of the Covid-19 vaccine in West Bengal. To satisfy the rising demand for the second dose, the federal government continues to chop on administering the primary dose. The state authorities has directed all district and state-run authorities hospitals to order at the least 50% of the accessible vaccine for the second dose.
Extreme scarcity of Covid-19 vaccine in West Bengal
A senior well being division official stated, “Because of the acute scarcity of vaccine, the second dose can be administered on precedence till we’re supplied with enough amount of vaccine. We are actually left with solely 6 lakh doses.” Authorities information has revealed that until June 29, at the least 6,70,000 folks had been due for the second dose of Covishield, whereas 1,60,000 folks had been due for the second dose of Covaxin. The remaining quantity for the second dose is about 3,79,000.
Choice to chop down on first dose
The primary dose for Kolkata Municipal Company won’t be administered for the subsequent two days, the official stated. He added that by the top of July, about 6 lakh folks in Kolkata alone can be left for the second dose. The districts have additionally been requested to determine folks with the pending second doses. The due date for the second dose for Covishield is 12-16 weeks and for Covaccine it’s 4-6 weeks after the primary dose. To date, the federal government has obtained 2,17,00,000 folks vaccinated, out of which 1,67,00,000 folks had been about to get the primary dose. Solely 49,80,000 folks have gotten the second dose. Kolkata administered the utmost variety of vaccines, which signifies that round 25,80,000 folks within the state got the primary dose whereas 6,30,000 folks had been inoculated with the second dose.