PANAJI: Vaccination for pregnant women is likely to start in the next few days after the ministry of health and family welfare issued extensive guidelines for vaccination of pregnant women after they are fully informed about the vaccine and given a choice to take it.
Vaccination for people without ID cards will also be held this week in South Goa. In North Goa, around 1,000 persons without ID cards have received their first doses at Panaji and Assagao.
The sessions for this category of people are being held after the collector assessed the number of persons in the area. The sessions however are not open to foreign nationals other than that of Nepal.
A total of 10,927 persons were vaccinated on Sunday, over 70% of whom got their first dose.
In Goa over 6,000 persons in the 18-44 age group have been fully vaccinated while 3.7 lakh have received their first doses till date.
A total of 1.29 lakh persons in the state are fully vaccinated which is around 12% of the eligible 11 lakh-odd population. Another 65% of the eligible population have taken the first dose.
The state plans on administering its entire population with the first dose by July 31.
The ministry of health and family welfare has stated that there are no scientific evidence suggesting that the Covid-19 vaccination causes infertility in men and women. All vaccines and their constituents are tested first on animals and later in humans to assess any side effects, the ministry has stated.
National expert group on vaccine administration has recommended Covid-19 vaccination for all lactating women as well.
