The Andhra Pradesh Government launched a special vaccination drive to vaccinate people between the ages of 18 to 44. The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine drive for the aforementioned age group started today, the 23rd of August.
According to sources, the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) Government said, the Health Department administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a majority of the population, above 44 years old.
The population which has received their first COVID-19 dose includes health workers, medical staff, lactating women, pregnant women, senior citizens, people above 44 years old, sanitation staff, teachers, police, doctors and front line workers. Now, with the completion of the first dose of the aforementioned people, the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy led YSRCP Government is shifting their focus to people between 18-44 years old.
The State village and ward secretaries were given responsibility to ensure everyone eligible between 18 to 44 years old get their anti COVID-19 vaccine doses.
The village secretaries, village wards and accredited social health activist (ASHA) workers would identify eligible people and would take them to nearest COVID-19 centres, ensuring social distance and other protocols of the Wuhan virus. With this, the estimated population which needs to be vaccinated in this special drive is close to 1.90 crores.
The district collectors would supervise the process and vaccination drives in the Telugu State.
Mr. Katamaneni Bhaskar, the Family and Health Welfare Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh said, “We have taken steps to ensure that the vaccination process continues smoothly without congestion anywhere. Vaccines have already reached all districts and the process of giving a second dose to others also continues.”
Meanwhile, in Andhra Pradesh, a total of 2.60 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered till date.
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