More than 50 lakh healthcare, frontline staff given COVID-19 vaccine in 21 days: Govt

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More than 50 lakh healthcare and frontline staff have been vaccinated towards coronavirus in 21 days in India which is the quickest price on this planet, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey instructed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Responding to a query on vaccine hesitancy, he stated at the beginning of COVID-19 vaccination drive, fewer than deliberate beneficiaries attended the vaccination classes as a result of transient technical points in CoWIN portal, vaccine hesitancy, amongst others, which have progressively been addressed.
A complete of 93.6 lakh healthcare and 77.9 lakh frontline staff had been registered for the vaccination until January 31, the minister stated in a written reply. He stated 37.58 lakh staff had been vaccinated until January 31.
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“Initially the coverage was lowà however, the rate of vaccination coverage has subsequently increased,” Choubey stated.

Asked if the healthcare and frontline staff usually are not assured of the vaccine accessible for them, the MoS stated, “This is not a fact. More than 50 lakh healthcare and frontline workers have been vaccinated in 21 days in India which is the fastest rate in the world.”
A communication marketing campaign is being carried out to boost consciousness about COVID-19 vaccines and deal with the misinformation relating to the vaccination course of, he stated.
The communication technique goals to disseminate factual details about the vaccine and the vaccination course of. This is being finished via multimedia platforms and thru the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) web site. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive had begun from January 16.
During the preliminary phases, the vaccine is being offered to the precedence teams of healthcare and frontline staff without cost by the central authorities. Till January 26, a complete of 200 lakh doses of ‘Covishield’ and 28.03 lakh doses of ‘Covaxin’ have been equipped, Choubey stated in a separate reply.
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