PANAJI
The State Family Welfare Bureau under Directorate of Health Services organized Media Sensitization Workshop on Covid-19 vaccination in its Conference Hall, Campal recently. The workshop was held to sensitize the masses through the media about taking coronavirus preventive vaccine Covishield.
The Chief Medical Officer, SFWB, Dr Vandana Dhume while addressing said that the vaccination drive has already been started all over the country. In Goa also the same was launched on January 16. Goa too has started vaccinating the frontline workers in seven sessions and have covered 100 beneficiaries in each session. It is mandatory for all to register themselves under COWIN Portal.
The vaccination drive would be conducted in phase-wise manner. The beneficiary will get two doses in an interval of 28 days. Vaccination has been administered to health care workers, frontline workers and general public. Dr Dhume appealed to the people to get vaccinated so as to eliminate coronavirus. Dr Rajendra Borkar, State Immunization Officer informed about the facts of Covishield vaccine, that it is well tested, safe and effective and approved by the apex body of the government NEGVAC. There is no ground for hesitation, he said.
Dr Utkarsh Betodkar, State Epidemiologist spoke about the recent status of Covid-19 situation in the State. "There is not much of a rise in Covid cases in the State. Still we have to be careful. There is a need to follow social distancing, wearing mask, regular sanitisation," he said.
