Mangaluru: Spike in Covid cases pushes unvaccinated to rush for jabs


Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jan 19: As the Covid-19 positive cases are moving on an upward curve in the Dakshina Kannada district, there is also an increase in the number of people rushing to get vaccinated. The health department officials reveal that during the last few days, there has been a considerable increase in the people willing to take the jabs.

Out of the first dose vaccination target of 18.16 lac set for the district as a whole, 17.17 lac has been achieved. The first dose progress stands at 96 percent. As many as 13.67 lac people have taken the second dose which accounts for 82 percent progress.

There has been some progress in the third dose also recommended for frontline workers including health officials, people aged over 60 suffering from comorbidities etc. In all, 15,000 have taken the third dose though the number of people in this category are 2.69 lac. The health department has asked its frontline workers to get vaccinated first, followed by senior citizens suffering from health complications.

The health department has provided the booster dose even to private sector free of cost. Basically, this is meant for health workers in private hospitals. Health officials said that the private hospitals have been directed to give the vaccines retained for paying patients in the past without payment.

Those who have obtained two doses of the vaccine have to wait for nine months to get the booster dose. Those who have taken Covishield or Covaxin in the past have to get the same vaccine as booster dose. For those who have taken Russia's Sputnik in the past, arrangement for the booster dose of the same vaccine has been made at a hospital in the district.

RCH officer of Dakshina Kannada, Dr Rajesh informed that after the spurt in Covid19 cases, even those who had shunned vaccination so far were now hurrying to get the jab. The department too has been spreading awareness about the need for vaccination and efforts are on to pace up the first dose administration, he explained.

 

 

 

  

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Thu, Jan 20 2022

    Now Chinese are blaming that reason for fresh outbreak in China is from mailed parcels received from Canada and the US! Another worrying factor is that they have found hamsters, in Hong Kong, infected with this virus for which they have culled thousands of hamsters to prevent them from infecting humans through their droppings! ~Deccan Herald~

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  • Daniel, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 20 2022

    Evil godless communist chinese are smart, they are about to release hanta virus so before that blame US and Canada for it. May be their liberal friends gain function research specialist Dr Fraudci and Dr Ebil Gates might have sent them to spread around the world this deadly hanta virus

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  • Daniel, Mangalore

    Wed, Jan 19 2022

    Israel has become BigPharma laboratory. Problem is once vaccinated 1,2 then booster after booster. This seasonal common cold strains are also not stopping soon as well as the boosters. Smart Israelis have taken or given third boosters, why rest of the world people hesitate take booster 1, 2 ? For Israelis, it is pfizer's mRNA vaccine, more like pfizer's laboratory. Communist chinese have checkmated US, Israel, western countries with mRNA vaccines. These evil chinese want rest of the world to slowly take them as well for their china virus.

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Wed, Jan 19 2022

    This could be half truth or half lie like either glass is half empty or half full it depends on which side you are in. Those people who had braved 2 waves wouldn't be worried about the present omicron as it hardly needs any hospitalization despite fear factor upped through weekend and night curfews. As 90% people with natural antibodies according to the survey of ICMR all the measures need to be discontinued immediately and shouldn't force anyone including kids to submit to the experimental unproven jabs unless compensation and adverse repoting systems are sanitised from Bill Gates funded tentacles.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Wed, Jan 19 2022

    They are furthering the fear psychosis; half of the gullible 032people might be almost dead with fear when they get a positive report.

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  • Ajay Rebello, Kallianpur

    Wed, Jan 19 2022

    Shocking that some are still unvaccinated despite adequate supply.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Wed, Jan 19 2022

    In Israel, they are planning a 3rd booster dose as per latest news reports!!!!

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