Rajasthan
Rajasthan needs 80 lakh doses in August to meet second shot demand | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: Justifying the demand for 2 crore Covid vaccine doses for August, the health department has pointed out that they need 80 lakh doses for those who have already received the first dose and need to get their second dose in August.
“As many as 80 lakh beneficiaries are now eligible for receiving the second dose. However, the Centre has allocated just over 53 lakh doses for August. If we vaccinate only those who are now eligible for second dose in August, we require at least 80 lakh doses. But, the allocation for the state for August is just over 53 lakh doses,” said a health department official.
Taking up the issue, health minister Raghu Sharma has already written a letter to Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya to increase the allocation of doses for August. The number of beneficiaries in the state are 5.14 crore, and for vaccinating them, the health department requires 10.28 crore doses. But, till date, just over 3.87 crore doses have been administered. Still, over 6.4 crore doses are required by the health department to fully vaccinate the eligible population for vaccination in the state.
If the state continues to receive the same number of doses allocated by the Centre for a month, it would take at least six to 10 months to completely vaccinate the people eligible for vaccination in the state.
Health experts claimed that to avoid third wave, the need of the hour is to scale up vaccination against Covid and also people should follow Covid-appropriate behaviour. On Thursday, till 6pm, the number of doses administered were 2.6 lakh, out of which 1.8 lakh were first doses and over 80,000 were second doses.
“As many as 80 lakh beneficiaries are now eligible for receiving the second dose. However, the Centre has allocated just over 53 lakh doses for August. If we vaccinate only those who are now eligible for second dose in August, we require at least 80 lakh doses. But, the allocation for the state for August is just over 53 lakh doses,” said a health department official.
Taking up the issue, health minister Raghu Sharma has already written a letter to Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya to increase the allocation of doses for August. The number of beneficiaries in the state are 5.14 crore, and for vaccinating them, the health department requires 10.28 crore doses. But, till date, just over 3.87 crore doses have been administered. Still, over 6.4 crore doses are required by the health department to fully vaccinate the eligible population for vaccination in the state.
If the state continues to receive the same number of doses allocated by the Centre for a month, it would take at least six to 10 months to completely vaccinate the people eligible for vaccination in the state.
Health experts claimed that to avoid third wave, the need of the hour is to scale up vaccination against Covid and also people should follow Covid-appropriate behaviour. On Thursday, till 6pm, the number of doses administered were 2.6 lakh, out of which 1.8 lakh were first doses and over 80,000 were second doses.
