Published 10:13 IST, December 4th 2021
COVID-19: Telangana Health Min writes to Centre seeking reduction in gap between vaccines
Telangana Health Minister in a letter to the Union Ministry has sought for reducing the gap between both doses of COVID-19 vaccines and allow booster shots.
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As India prepares itself to battle against COVID-19 variant, Omicron, Telangana Health Minister Harish Rao Thanneeru in a letter to Union Ministry has sought for reducing gap between both doses of COVID-19 vaccines and furr also allow booster shots for front line and healthcare workers in state. Rao in his letter dressed to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that Telangana with a targeted population of 277 crores is making all its efforts to fully vaccinate eligible people.
He furr said that a total of 3.77 crore doses of COVID vaccinations have been ministered so far out of which 2.49 crore are first doses and 1.28 crore are second ones. ding se detail, Telangana Minister me certain suggestions specifying gap of 12 weeks between two doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
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"Since gap between two doses is quite long, it often causes difficulty in covering people with second dose. This is more difficult pronounced in case of inter-state and intra-state migrant workers and persons from high-risk groups etc as y frequently tend to move out of areas in which y received first dose. Since line lists on Co-WIN portal for second dose are generated according to CVC where first was received, it is difficult to track persons for second dose in ir present locations", he said.
Rao also pointed out that long gap has resulted in negligence among people towards second dose and refore re is a need to reduce period between both doses to at least four to six weeks. This will help in furr improvement of second dose coverage, he ded.
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Along with that, Health Minister T Harish Rao also sought booster shots for at least healthcare and frontline workers and persons belonging to high-risk groups under view of emergence of new variants.
Mask rule to be re-implemented in Telangana: State Health Director
Telangana Public Health Director Dr Srinivas Rao has announced that 'mask rule' will be again enforced in state. Issuing a statement, he said that enforcement authorities have been directed for watching out for such citizens who are not wearing a mask. This also comes with reinforcement of fine of Rs 1,000 for violators. Also, people visiting public places will have to carry ir double vaccination certificates and will be checked randomly by health staff.
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While Telangana has reported 198 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, death toll climbed to 397 with 2 more fatalities and 153 recoveries across state. Also, total number of active cases in Telangana stands at 3,723.
(With agency inputs, Image: ANI/PTI/Facebook/@HarishRaoThanneeru)
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10:13 IST, December 4th 2021