In bid to expedite vaccination in Garhwa district of the State, after the virtual talks with the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi Garhwa Deputy Commissioner, Rajesh Kumar Pathak expedited the work of vaccinatination in the districts on Friday.
Under the chairmanship of Pathak, a meeting was organized in the Collectorate Hall to review the works of Covid-19 Vaccination. On the occasion, the DC directed all the district level officers, Block Development Officers, Circle Officers and all the in-charge medical officers present to expedite the vaccination work, to conduct intensive vaccination campaigns in eight blocks (CHC Mother Block) of the district in the first phase.
In the blocks where instructions have been given to run the vaccination campaign, vaccination campaigns will be conducted on November 7, 8 and 9 in Garhwa, Majhian, Meral, Shri Bansidhar Nagar, Dhurki, Bhawnathpur, Ranka and Bhandaria.
Pathak said that a vaccination plan has been prepared for this. The contribution of all the Block Development Officers, Circle Officers, Executive Engineers and District level officers is also important in this work. He informed that apart from this, the work of vaccination will also be done at seven community health centers, indoor stadium Garhwa in Sadar block and Urban Primary Health Center Tandwa.
Vaccines will also be given to people in remote areas through three Tika Express vans. In the meeting, instructions were given to make it mandatory for petrol pumps, liquor shops and PACS to ask for certificate of vaccination.
“At present the vaccination status of Garhwa district is not satisfactory, in such a situation, special efforts are needed in this context, especially in respect of data entry related to three cases, gender vaccination, second dose vaccination and vaccination done, necessary action should be taken. Showing seriousness in the absence of data entry of about 35 thousand vaccinations done in the district so far, the strict instructions are to complete it soon and keep it updated in the coming days,” said Pathak.
In the meeting, the DC also reviewed the pending cases under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, the works of the 15th Finance Commission and KCC.