BHOPAL: Though except for Agar district, all other districts of Madhya Pradesh achieved more than 100% of the target on the second day of mega vaccination but except for a few like Indore, Bhopal and Ujjain still failed to achieve the target to administer a second dose of the vaccine to more people on the second day.
This despite the fact that the second day of vaccination in the mega drive was mainly for administering the second jab to eligible persons with the provision that even those who come to vaccination centres for the first jab will also be vaccinated. But, it so happened that persons coming for the first jab far exceeded those turning up to get the second dose, thereby not allowing the state to reduce the increasing gap between population with one dose of vaccine and people with both the doses.
The figures of vaccination across the state till 7.30 pm on the second day of vaccination shows that Guna, which topped the vaccination table with 330% vaccination of the target, vaccinated 32,961 persons as against the target of 10,000, but 24,867 of them had got the first jab and 8,068, the second jab. The percentage of second dose coverage on the day was 64% as against the 330% overall coverage achieved that day. Tikamgarh, which stands second in the tally with 41,587doses administered as against the target of 15,000 also administered the first dose to 35,219 persons as against 6,668 persons, who were given the second dose. Thus, 279 % of the target was achieved but the emphasis on second dose coverage was missed here, too.
It’s not the situation in the two districts who are on the top of the table but everywhere except for a few places like Bhopal and Indore, where emphasis on second dose coverage on the second day of the mega drive can be traced in the vaccination data.,
For example, in Bhopal 51,949 persons were administered the vaccine as against the target of 23,000 and 29,190 of them were given the second jab and 22,759 got the first dose. Thus, Bhopal not only achieved 226% of the vaccination but true to the objective of second day vaccination, it vaccinated more people who were eligible for the second dose but had not received the second jab. In fact, Bhopal would have easily surpassed the target of vaccination on the second day by administering the second dose of vaccines only.
Similarly, Indore had a target of 62,000 vaccines on the second day and against that, 89,664 persons were vaccinated — 57,178 of them got the second dose and 32,486, the first dose. Ujjain, too, vaccinated more people with the second dose than the one on the second day of vaccination.
Ujjain, which vaccinated 39,964 persons on the day, gave the second jab to 24,519 as against 15,455, who got the first jab. At most of the other places, the persons given the second jab are not even half of those who got the first jab though emphasis on the second day of mega vaccination drive was to bring people to the vaccination centres, who after taking the first dose of vaccine, are not turning up for the second dose, which completes the vaccination process against the deadly Coronavirus.
