Nagpur: The process to vaccinate
frontline workers has started in Nagpur division. As on date, 68,736 employees of urban local bodies, revenue department and agencies falling under the ministry of home affairs have been registered in six districts of Nagpur division. Trial for creating vaccination site for these workers was also successfully conducted on Monday.
The number of beneficiaries is likely to increase as the state government on Monday approved inclusion of staff of panchayat institutions working on Covid-19 front.
Deputy director of health services, Nagpur division, Dr Sanjay Jaiswal, told TOI, “Total 35,542 frontline workers have been registered in Nagpur district, followed by 13,159 in Gadchiroli, 6,501 in Chandrapur, 4,866 in Bhandara, 4,472 in Wardha and 4,196 in Gondia. Registration is a continuous process so the numbers are likely to increase.”
Employees of zilla parishad and gram panchayats could not be registered earlier owing to their large numbers.
Nagpur Zilla Parishad CEO Yogesh Kumbhejkar said, “As the government has accepted our request to consider staff of panchayat institutions for the vaccination, registration of those working on the Covid front will start on Tuesday.”
The government had uploaded the list of frontline workers in Co-WIN application through which vaccination of healthcare workers is being done since January 16.
Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s medical officer Dr Sanjay Chilkar said, “The government had asked to conduct trial of scheduling of frontline workers on Monday, which was successfully done using the Co-WIN application.”
The Centre had announced vaccination of frontline workers along with healthcare staff from the first week of February. However, authorities here are yet to receive any official communication in this regard.
Also, if the government starts vaccination of frontline workers, the number of centres administering doses are likely to increase in all districts. As per Centre’s announcement, people above 50 years of age and those below 50 but having comorbidities will get the jab after frontline workers.
Department-wise Registration
District---Revenue---Home Affairs---Urban Affairs—Total
Nagpur----630-----------17,617-----------17,295------35,542
Gadchiroli---111---------12,392-----------656---------13,159
Chandrapur-346---------4,404------------1,751--------6,501
Bhandara—825----------3,375--------------666--------4,866
Wardha----105-----------2,969-----------1,398---------4,472
Gondia-----352-----------2,963------------881----------4,196
Total-------2,369--------43,720----------22,647-----68,736