Nagpur: As Covid cases rise, more HCWs and FLWs rush to vaccination centres | Nagpur News – Times of India

NAGPUR: The news about the novel coronavirus mutating in two districts of Vidarbha and community spread had a deep impact on healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) who were reluctant to get vaccinated against Covid-19. On Thursday, they turned up in large numbers at all the inoculation centres.
The region recorded a whopping 10,436 inoculations in Nagpur and Amravati divisions. The achievement touched 86.2% in Nagpur district with 909 HCWs coming for the first dose. This was nearly 50% more than a day before when 550 HCWs came for the first dose. Similarly, 1,698 FLWs, as against 954 a day before, took the jab in the district on Thursday.

The impact of Nagpur, Amravati, Yavatmal and Akola bearing the brunt of rising cases was seen in Bhandara, where the cases are not going north, reporting 81% vaccination. Nagpur division’s achievement rose to 64% as against 45.8% of the state. Two cases of adverse effect following immunization were recorded in the division.
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) chief medical officer Dr Sanjay Chilkar said an ultimatum was issued to HCWs that it was the last chance for them to get inoculated at the state’s expense. “Among the FLWs, policemen, civic staff and airport security personnel took the jab. As the number of positive cases are increasing, the number beneficiaries lining up for the jab is also going up. So, it was result of both the ultimatum and the spread of the disease,” he said.
The achievement could have been even better but for the glitches in Co-WIN app. Some private doctors complained that their names were still missing from the list.
“Some problems occurred because of technical issues. Names of private doctors are missing as they had not given their name earlier. Now, the government has stated that new names would be added once the round for registered ones is over,” he said.
Meanwhile, two NMC doctors working on contract, who had received their first dose on January 18 and 19, tested positive on January 22 and 23. “The doctors are working at Indira Gandhi Rugnalay (IGR) at Gandhi Nagar. One is in home isolation and other had to be admitted to IGR. They have to test negative in RT-PCR to get the second shot,” said Dr Chilkar.
He clarified that the doctors testing positive shouldn’t be linked to vaccination. “It takes time to develop antibodies and if distancing, mask and sanitizers are not used, there are chances of catching the infection,” he said.
The number of first dose recipients rose significantly in Amravati division. On Thursday, 1,073 HCWs and 2,499 FLWs took the jab. Surprisingly, the number of HCWs lined up for second dose fell to 581 after touching 838 a day before. Total 4,153 were inoculated in the division. Now, 51,559 have taken first dose in region.