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A new directive from the Union Health Secretary states that new registrations for Kovid-19 vaccinations will not be allowed under the categories of heathcare and frontline workers. A letter issued on 3 April was issued to the Chief Secretaries of the states stating that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has received several inputs that at some immunization centers, ineligible beneficiaries are HCWs (health workers) and FLWs (frontline workers). And they are being vaccinated in complete violation of the prescribed guidelines. “There has been a 24 percent increase in the HCW database in the last few days,” Bhushan wrote in the letter

. The issue was discussed with the representatives of the state on 3 April, After which it was decided that no new registration would be allowed under these categories. “All efforts have been made in close cooperation with states and union territories to saturate the vaccination of HCW and FLW. Keeping an eye on progress to complete the vaccination of all HCWs and FLWs with the first dose, the timeline was extended several times and fixed on February 25 for HCWs and March 6 for FLWs. About a month has passed and new groups have been identified later. However, universal vaccination of those with HCW and FLW should be completed, no new registration should be done, Bhushan directed the states

. Across the country, more than 7.5 crore beneficiaries are involved in the vaccination campaign. More than 6.5 crores have received the first dose, While more than 10 million have received the second dose. As of April 4, Maharashtra has vaccinated over 73 lakh beneficiaries. According to state health officials, 4.62 lakh vaccinations were conducted in a single day on Sunday at 4,102 vaccination centers in Maharashtra. While Mumbai, Thane and Nagpur are getting high number of vaccinations daily, more than 70,000 beneficiaries are now starting vaccinations daily in Pune district. A campaign has been launched in the district to start immunization of more than one lakh people daily from 5 April. According to Kovid’s response and the Pune forum coordinator for MCCIA president Sudhir Mehta, to achieve these numbers, he had rode all of Ganesha. Circle of volunteers for vaccination campaign in their respective areas. 100 NGOs and social organizations also raise awareness of their teams, Designed to manage sites and crowds. More than 200 hospitals planned additional vaccination sites to help achieve the one-day goal.

“With increased vaccination centers, our hospitals have recruited additional staff, most of whom have still not been vaccinated. Volunteer groups, which are key drivers of our vaccination campaigns and smooth implementation, are also not eligible for vaccination. This new directive from the Ministry of Health has taken us back in our journey towards the security of Pune district which is going through an emergency crisis with around 10,000 cases a day and an average of 50 deaths, ”said Mehta. He reported that the death toll was rising, including under-age groups, and this was causing concern among volunteer groups. Given the situation, the volunteers, Frontline and healthcare workers who were not covered by vaccination are now coming back, he said. .