10 cr people administered precaution dose against Covid-19: Mansukh Mandaviya

Ten crore people have taken the precaution dose against Covid19 so far Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on FridayThe government had on July 15 launched a special 75day special drive to administer precaution doses to all aged 18 years and above at public vaccination centres free of cost10 crore people now have an extra layer of safety Under PM NarendraModi Jis leadership COVID Vaccination AmritMahotsav is going on in full swing to provide free precaution dose for all adults Mandaviya said in a tweet 10 10 crore people now have an extra layer of safety Under PM NarendraModi Jis leadership COVID Vaccination AmritMahotsav is going on in full swing to provide free Precaution Dose for all adults pictwittercom8UVkuXic5Tmdash Dr Mansukh Mandaviya mansukhmandviya August 5 2022On July 26 the health ministry said only 73096284 ie 11 per cent of the nearly 69 crore eligible individuals aged 18 years and above had been administered the precaution dose until the previous dayOfficials had attributed the slow uptake to complacency and the waning of fear among peopleThe precaution dose coverage among the 648999721 eligible people was only 8 per cent till July 14The special 75day drive COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsav was launched as part of the governments Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Indias IndependenceAccording to sources around four crore people are yet to take the first dose while about seven crore people are due for their second doseComplacency has set in among the people Also the fear of Covid is no more there as people have become familiar with the disease These are the main reasons for the slow uptake of precaution dose among the eligible population a source in the health ministry saidAsserting that Covid was not yet over officials urged the public to get jabbed at the earliestStudies at the Indian Council of Medical Research and other international research institutions have suggested that antibody level wanes in about six months and a booster dose increases the immune responseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever