JAIPUR: About 1.8 lakh Covid-19
vaccine beneficiaries in the state are yet to receive their second dose after getting the first Covid-19 dose from Jan 16 to Feb 11.
During this period, 5.9 lakh beneficiaries got the jab, but only 4 lakh have taken the second dose, rest of the around 1.8 lakh beneficiaries have not turned up to receive the second dose even after 28 days of getting the first dose have passed.
Health minister
Raghu Sharma said people should not be careless in getting the second dose of the vaccine. Only after getting both the doses, sufficient antibodies will be developed in the body.
In Jaipur, 64,015 beneficiaries got the first dose from January 16 to February 11and became eligible for second dose from February 15 to March 11, but 32,212 received the vaccine and 31,803 are yet to get the second dose vaccine. In Jodhpur, Ajmer, Udaipur and Kota, the eligible beneficiaries for second dose who have not taken it yet are 12,658, 11,175, 10,679 and 9,559, respectively.
Till March 12,
health department officials said that the state is leading in the country in vaccinating highest number of first and second dose of vaccine which is 25,11,418. In
Maharashtra, it is 23,98,401, while in Gujarat 21,73,745 doses of vaccine have been given so far.
The health department is targeting to vaccinate 86,84,420 above 60 years for vaccination.
In 13 days of March, the health department has achieved more than13% of the target.