BHOPAL: Vaccination drive will be carried out in 24 districts of state on Wednesday.
A total of around 3.75 lakh doses of covisheild vaccine have been allocated to these 24 districts namely Harda, Hoshangabad, Raisen, Rajgarh, Sehore, Vidisha, Alirajpur, Burhanpur, Indore, Khandwa, Ashok Nagar, Datia, Sheopur, Shivpuri, Gwalior, Dindori, Jabalpur, Sagar, Dewas, Neemuch, Ratlam, Ujjain, Rewa and Shahdol districts. In the remaining districts, maintenance of cold chain equipment and training will be provided, besides, if there is any available vaccines in stock, then vaccination may be carried out, said sources.
Sources from the department said that the focus is now on those districts where the percentage of vaccination is less compared to the other districts, in a bid to boost up the vaccination numbers so that the coverage is even across the state, mass vaccination drive will only be carried out in these 24 districts. In state capital Bhopal it is likely that the vaccination of covaxin is carried out but at a small scale around 2500 doses of the vaccines will be administered, said sources.
Mega vaccination drive was carried out in the state from June 21. So far over 90 lakh doses of vaccines have been administered since June 21, the drive has also led to removing vaccine hesitancy among the people, thus crowd is often observed at the vaccination centres, added sources.
