In terms of Covid-19 vaccination, women beneficiaries have maintained their advantage for the third month in a row. Despite the festival season of Diwali and Chhath Puja, the first week of November saw considerable participation from women beneficiaries for vaccination.
Women got 29,698 of the 56,158 dosages administered between November 1 and 7, while male receivers were limited to 26,445. In October, 4, 40, 094 doses were provided to women out of a total of 8, 41,889 doses supplied, whereas 4, 01,428 doses were given to men.
The vaccination push, however, fell short of breaking September's records, with a total of 9, 39,300 doses administered to eligible recipients in September, including 4,78,740 females and 4,60,002 men.
Officials from the health department concede that vaccination rates were lower in October than in September. Since the Covid vaccination programme began in Prayagraj district on November 7, around 36, 49,807 lakh vaccinations have been provided to people of all ages above the age of 18.
The district health department has set a goal of administering Covid-19 vaccination to 45.16 lakh people, including 33 lakh between the ages of 18 and 44 and 12.10 lakh above 45. Until November 7, a total of 36, 49,807 Covid vaccination injections were delivered to individuals of all ages in the district, including 19, 44,891 males, 17, 03,285 women, and 1,631 transgender.
While 27, 60,873 people received the first dose of vaccination, a total of 8, 88,934 people received the second dose of vaccine. Officials stated the health department is working hard to ensure that all eligible beneficiaries get vaccinated in every section of the Prayagraj district.
Dr Teerath Lal, the additional chief medical officer and district immunisation officer (DIO), informed that over 61 percent of targeted receivers of all ages were given at least the first dosage, while 19.66 percent were fully vaccinated as of today.
Dr. Lal said, “The department is now focusing on rural areas for vaccination campaigns to cover all eligible recipients this month”. He underlines that they are finding pockets of poor vaccination in remote areas and that special teams would be dispatched to cover the eligible patients. Senior health authorities recently met with ground-level health workers, such as ANMs, ASHAs, and staff nurses, to discuss ways to improve immunisation in rural regions and to learn more about the causes behind low vaccination rates in rural areas.
Dr Anupam Dwivedi, Senior medical officer said, “Teams have been engaged to promote vaccination in rural areas and urge women to take jabs. Health workers are knocking doors in all villages and blocks.”
