New Delhi: 75 days long ‘COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsava’ concludes as we speak. The marketing campaign began on July 15, 2022 in a ‘mission mode’ wherein particular COVID-19 vaccination drives had been organised by all States and UTs to extend uptake for the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines among the many eligible grownup inhabitants (individuals aged 18 years & above who’ve accomplished six months or 26 weeks after the second dose).In 75 days, throughout all states and UTs, 11,104 camps had been organised at bus stations, 5,664 camps at railway stations, 511 camps at airports, over 1,50,004 camps at varied faculties and schools, 4,451 camps at routes of spiritual yatras, and over 11,30,044 camps had been organised at varied non-public and authorities workplaces and industrial institutions.
As a end result, greater than 76.18 lakh first dose, 2.35 crore second dose and 15.92 crore precaution dose have been administered on this interval of 75 days. More than 24.73 lakh doses per day have been administered together with 20.68 lakh doses precaution dose per day.
Under the COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsava, all States and UTs had been urged to run the marketing campaign as a ‘Jan Abhiyan’ with huge mass mobilisation, by means of a camp strategy. Multiple particular vaccination camps within the routes of Char Dham Yatra (Uttarakhand), Amarnath Yatra (Jammu & Kashmir), Kanwar Yatra (all States/UTs of North-India) in addition to main melas and congregations had been organised. Further, Special Vaccination Camps had been organised at workplace complexes, industrial institutions, railway stations, inter-state bus stations, in faculties and schools. A complete of 13,01,778 such camps had been organised at no cost COVID-19 vaccination.
At the beginning of COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsava on July 15, 2022, solely 8 per cent of the eligible inhabitants aged 18 years and above had obtained the precaution dose. With the intervention of 75 days long free vaccination marketing campaign, 27 per cent of the eligible inhabitants have now obtained their precaution dose.
Administration of precaution dose is pivotal to confer full/prolonged safety to beneficiaries in opposition to COVID-19. It helps to scale back the severity of the COVID-19 illness, danger of hospitalisation and thereby reduces mortality.