“The main purpose of vaccination” is to protect the health care system, the center said.
New Delhi:
Maharashtra has been asked to take ‘affirmative action’ to improve its performance in vaccinating health care and frontline workers. The center, which issued the order, had earlier accused the state of spreading panic over the shortage of vaccines to divert attention from its poor vaccination record.
“Maharashtra vaccinated only 86% of the health workers with the first dose … 41% of the health workers with the second dose. Among the frontline workers, Maharashtra vaccinated only 73% with the first dose … Vaccination of frontline workers with the second job for Maharashtra is at 41% … When it comes to senior citizens, Maharashtra has only vaccinated 25%, “said dr. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said yesterday.
The Minister of Health accused Delhi and Punjab of having equally low figures, ‘the inability of the Maharashtra government to act responsibly goes beyond the mind … The flawed attitude of the state government has the whole country’s attempts to fight the virus were thwarted separately. .
In the evening, a letter from Dr Manohar Agnani, the additional secretary in the Union Ministry of Health, to Maharashtra’s general secretary said: ‘ in your state to improve / UT “.
The letter cites the vaccination data in detail, saying it highlights the need for “intensified” efforts.
“The primary purpose of vaccination is to protect the health care and pandemic response system, especially in countries with an increase in COVID-19 cases,” the letter reads.
On Wednesday, Maharashtra said the vaccine supply is very low. Health Minister Rajesh Tope told NDTV: “The vaccine supply in the state remains only three days.”
“In most of our vaccination centers we do not have doses. They had to send people back due to lack of doses,” the minister said. Harsh Vardhan said.
Maharashtra is the worst sufferer to Covid since the pandemic erupted in the country last year.