JAIPUR: Vaccination programme in the state should be conducted in a time-bound manner and immunisation of healthcare workers and frontline workers in the first phase should be completed soon, directed chief minister Ashok Gehlot at a review meeting here on Thursday.
He said Rajasthan is ahead of the national average in vaccination which is an indication that like Covid management, the state will be on top in vaccination as well. He directed to increase the sites of immunization from 167 to 350 from Sunday.
The chief minister also directed to increase the number of days of immunisation as well once the first phase is completed. He also directed to include private hospitals also in the immunisation process.
Gehlot claimed that according to the assessment by the WHO, Rajasthan fulfils all the criteria of immunisation and thereby the only state in the ‘green category’.
The chief minister said according to experts, the threat of Covid is still there. He said 100 percent immunisation of health workers is very critical so that any eventuality of a next peak of the virus could be tackled with confidence and next phase of vaccination could be taken up soon.
The chief minister said the central government had set a target of vaccinating about 30 crore population. He said such a huge task could be accomplished only with decentralisation of management and systems. He said due to glitches in the software, there was difficulty in achieving the target. The central government should take necessary upgradation in the software and technology, he said.
Secretary medical and health Siddarth Mahajan said due to the various conditions in the central government guidelines only 90% of the vaccines could be used now. He said currently Rajasthan is using 96.59% of the vaccines. The wastage vaccine in the state is only 3.40%.
He said in the first here days at 501 session sites, 32,379 people were given vaccination. He said this is about 9% higher than the national average.