Vaccination lowers death rate: Dr Rajo
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, July 18 2021: Asserting that data collected so far has indicated that cases of deaths among those who have not received the Covid vaccination shot is higher than those who have received the vaccine, Director of Health Services Dr K Rajo backed this up with statistics.

Speaking to The Sangai Express, Dr Rajo said that 776 Covid deaths were reported from April to June this year and added that on analysing the data of 492 cases of the total figure, 410 persons (83.33 pc) were found to have not received the vaccination shot at all.

Another 28 persons (5.69 pc) were found to have received the first dose 14 days before they tested Covid positive and 19 (3.86 pc) of them tested positive within 14 days after taking the first dose, he added.

This is a clear indication that chances of Covid fatalities are comparatively higher among those who have not been vaccinated, said Dr Rajo.

The Health Director added that those who passed away due to Covid complications in 2021 is 24 while the figure due to co-morbidity is 119.The maximum number of deaths due to comorbidity were reported from RIMS, with 46 deaths, he added.

On the other hand, State Mission Director of National Health Mission Dr Shyamjai said that there is no restriction on movement of people to get the vaccination shots during the 10 days curfew, which came into force from today.

The Mission Director said that strictly adhering to the mandated Covid guidelines and getting vaccinated are imperative to break the chain of Covid transmission.

Exuding confidence that the Government will cover more people in the vaccination drive during the 10 days curfew, he said that 4619 people were vaccinated today till 3 pm despite Sunday being a non-working day according to a report published in the Government portal.

He also appealed to all whose time for receiving the second dose of Covid vaccine have come to go for vaccination with the certificate of first dose, saying that problems might arise in case they miss their spot.

Apprising that the Government is targeting to vaccinate about 19.5 lakh people and so far 10,36,214 people have been vaccinated, Dr Shyamjai maintained that the number of people who have received the first dose stands at 9,22,847 while 1,13,277 have been fully vaccinated.

The number of Covid doses administered so far on the other hand, is 10,36,124, he added.

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