Villages beat cities in Covid vaccination drive this month, 4 crore jabbed in Rajasthan so far

JAIPUR: Rural areas are now registering more vaccinations than urban areas. For the past 15 days (except on August 15), the state reported more daily vaccinations in rural areas than in cities.
In the rural areas, more than 33.7 lakh doses were given in the last 15 days (Aug 8-22) in comparison to 13.6 lakh shots in urban zones.

The focus of the health department in Covid vaccination has now shifted to rural areas. With panchayat elections are scheduled in some of the districts, the health department has scaled up vaccination in rural areas to provide a shield to people.
Facilitators such as health workers or ASHAs also mobilise beneficiaries in rural areas and those residing in urban slums to get jabs at the nearest vaccination centres.
While talking about the vaccination drive, health minister Raghu Sharma told TOI that the Centre had allocated around 55 lakh doses for August. “We need 2 crore doses in August, which we have demanded from the Centre,” said Sharma.
Despite difficulties in reaching some of the areas which are remote, the health department’s teams are working hard to provide jabs to the beneficiaries in difficult areas.
The number of beneficaries vaccinated in the state is now close to 4 crore. Till 7pm on Monday, the number of doses administered in the state stood at 3.99 crore, of which 3.02 crore are first doses 96.7 lakh second.