Gurugram: Vaccination data of 12k health, frontline staff missing

GURUGRAM: The Gurugram health department does not have vaccination records of 12,000 recipients — categorised as healthcare and frontline workers — and has asked the private hospitals in the city to contact them and get clarity on their vaccination status.
According to the official data, there are 53,000 healthcare workers and 54,000 frontline workers registered in Gurugram. Of them, 1.07 lakh have been fully vaccinated while the inoculation status of 7,000 HCWs and 5,000 FLWs are yet to be updated.

The officials of the health department said that the remaining recipients might have taken the jab in different parts of the country. When the department carried out an investigation on the missing data, it observed that many workers have taken their jabs in other states or as the general public (not as HCW or FLW). It also found that many workers took the jab by registering from alternate mobile numbers.
“We have set August 15 as the deadline for healthcare and frontline workers in all private and government hospitals to get both the doses,” said Dr Virender Yadav, chief medical officer, Gurugram. Also, the Haryana government has sought permission from the central government to delete the details of the recipients whose vaccination status is not updated on the Co-WIN portal yet.
The health department has formed a team to check all registered healthcare and frontline workers in the district department-wise. Every day, these teams will visit two departments to check the vaccination status of the recipients. The health department will also set up camps if needed, officials said.
Meanwhile, the district on Thursday will carry out vaccinations at 48 government facilities. As many as 45 Covishield sessions will be held while seven Covaxin and one Sputnik V session site will be set up.
On Wednesday, a total of 13,327 people in the 18-44 age group got inoculated. In the 45-plus category, a total of 3,199 people took the shots. As many as 643 healthcare staff and 152 frontline workers also received the jab.
Meanwhile, Gurugram witnessed nine fresh cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday. The caseload now stands at 1,80,923, out of which 85 are active. The positivity rate stands at 0.1%. As many as 10 people also recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,79,919. The recovery rate stands at 99.6%. A total of 77 patients are in home isolation while eight are in hospitals.