Public representatives must get 10 persons per day to get jab, says Goa CM Pramod Sawant

PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday that the state government wants to fully vaccinate all those above 45 by June 10, and that public representatives should motivate 10 persons a day to go for the jab.
He also said that in the next 20 days, the government would have mobile vaccination vans to jab persons with disability and those bedridden.
Sawant said that there are around 2,000 public representatives in the state, and if each one of them does so, 20,000 people would be vaccinated every day.
He also said that these representatives would be declared frontline workers.
Sawant held a meeting with government officials, panchayat members, councillors and ZP members on Covid management.
“If we target getting 2 lakh persons vaccinated in the next 10 days, by May 20, all those above 45 would have received the first dose,” he said.
The next 10 days, he said, would target those who have received the first dose, so they can receive the second.
Sawant said that the state government has set up 37 vaccination centres which function from 9am to 5pm.
He said that if the 45+ age group is vaccinated, it would be easy for the state to complete vaccination of the 18-45 group.
Sawant told representatives that the government’s target is to save lives, and that he is ready to face criticism. He also recalled the “sad” incident at Bastora on Saturday, where panchayat members stopped the cremation of a person due to the curfew. “We should allow Covid victims to get a decent burial,” he said.
Meanwhile, speaking on the curfew, Sawant said that public representatives should stop bars where illegal liquor is being sold.
Panchayat minister Mauvin Godinho said that 90% of the people of the state should be vaccinated. Godinho said that the state must have more centres for vaccination, and that he is facing problems regarding availability of vaccines and nurses to administer the jabs.
“I request the chief minister to maintain hygiene and cleanliness at hospitals,” he said. “We have to keep the morale of healthcare workers who keep hospitals clean high.”