A resident is given a Covid vaccine during the ‘Tika Utsav’ at Gaondongrim on Saturday.
CANACONA
Even as Covid active cases crossed the 100 mark in Canacona taluka, the ‘Tika Utsav’ vaccination campaign has not received the expected response from public.
According to official figures, the Covid active cases crossed the hundred mark and there are 101 cases in the taluka. Eight new Covid cases were detected in Delem (2), Nagarcem (4), Poinguinim (1) and Shellim (1).
Covid cases have shot up in Canacona taluka, which had recorded only one case on February 25.
Meanwhile, authorities have been disappointed over the response from people for the Tika Utsav vaccination campaign in different villages in the taluka.
Only 167 people got vaccinated during the Tika Utsav campaign in Gaondongrim on Saturday, while 178 people took the vaccine at the Tika Utsav in Shristhal on Friday.
So far, only 1,473 people have received the Covid vaccine in Canacona taluka and the last Tika Utsav campaign will be conducted in Cotigao on Monday.
