VIJAYAWADA: Krishna district administration has decided to intensify the vaccination drive in the coming days. Officials who already started door-to-door vaccination have now decided to carry out ‘on-road’ vaccination drive.
A total of 6,84,000 people in Krishna district are yet to take the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine as per the records of the health wing authorities. A majority of them are from Vijayawada city and hence the health wing authorities have started focusing on mass vaccination.
Auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) and health care workers are arranging street camps and enquiring the pedestrians about their status of vaccination. Officials are convincing the public who are reluctant to take the vaccine shot.“A total of 3,95,110 people in the 18-44 age group are yet to receive vaccination. Similarly, as many as 2,89,220 people above the age of 45 years are yet to be vaccinated. As the ICMR is hinting at a possible third wave of Covid-19, we have decided to speed up the vaccination. Door -to-door vaccination is giving best results. Volunteers and health secretaries are working hard along with ANMs to complete the vaccination process on time,” said district collector J Nivas.
Meanwhile, officials have been focusing on strengthening the oxygen supply system and intensive care units at government hospitals. Area hospitals are upgraded with oxygen supply and ventilators to handle emergencies. Joint collector L Siva Shankar directed the health wing authorities to inspect the corporate hospitals across the district and enquire about the infrastructure available there.
