Anti-Covid jab being administered on a woman during the special vaccination drive for priority groups in Margao on Thursday. Captured by : Santosh Mirajkar
MARGAO
Day one of the special vaccination programme for the priority group, including Divyangs, lactating mothers and parents of a child of two years of age or less saw around 268 beneficiaries availing benefits of the vaccination exercise in Margao.
Officials in the know, however, pointed out that the response from this priority has been far from satisfactory, only keeping their fingers crossed over the turn out of the beneficiaries in the next few days. “We will have to wait and see how the people from this priority group responds to the drive which will take place till June 10”, the official said.
A total of seven centres, including the permanent centres at Margao Urban Health Centre, TB hospital have been designated for the special vaccination for the priority groups, which began on Thursday.
Information reveals that the centre at the BPS club saw only 16 beneficiaries turning up to take the anti-COVID jab. In fact, the BPS club centre received the first two beneficiaries only around noon, before the figure touched 16 at the end of Day one.
The Daivadnya centre saw maximum people taking the vaccination, around 101 to be precise. This was followed by the Multipurpose complex, Borda, which recorded around 45 beneficiaries taking the vaccine.
Adarsh High school (20), RavindraBhavan (33), Margao Urban Health Centre (20) besides TB hospital (33) were the other centres that reported less number of beneficiaries.
State Immunization Officer Dr Rajendra Borkar exuded confidence that the vaccination for the priority groups will increase in the coming days, saying the health officials are closely monitoring the situation.
