Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that all citizens can get protection from Corona by getting both doses of the vaccine. He was inspecting the vaccination work in the Government Naval Shah High School campus located at Airport Road in Lalghati area of Bhopal on Wednesday during the Vaccination Maha Abhiyan.
Chouhan also saw the arrangements for the vaccination center being run in the school. Chouhan interacted with the citizens who came to get vaccinated and informed them about the importance of vaccination. He also addressed the people present there. Collector Bhopal Avinash Lavania was present. Chouhan also interacted with Sushri Sangeeta Sahi, a resident of Data Colony, who had come to get the second dose of the vaccine and also posed for a picture together on her request.
Chouhan said that we all know that once again there is a stir in the world due to new variant of Corona. The possibility of a third wave is being told. In the second wave, all of us have suffered many hardships, so the people of the state are requested to make all such efforts that the third wave do not come. Get both doses of the vaccine, so that there is no risk.
The Chief Minister said that vaccination is the only way for protection from any variant of corona. We all have to be prepared to face the third wave. This requires the use of face coverings or masks, social distancing and avoidance of crowds. Face mask is an effective remedy, it gives 90 percent protection. Scientists have also accepted this. Along with these precautions, the benefits of vaccination have to be taken. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made the vaccine available to the citizens free of cost. If both doses of the vaccine are taken, the risk of infection is minimized.
Chouhan said that as a result of public awareness in Madhya Pradesh, 94 percent people have taken the first dose and 71 percent people have got both doses. Entire eligible population has to get both doses. Those who have not got the second dose and if the infection spreads, they put themselves as well as neighbors and other people in danger. Therefore, those people who have not got the second dose, they should get it compulsorily.
There will be very few people who have not even had the first dose. They should also get the first dose administered on priority. In Madhya Pradesh, after 8th December, on 16th and 22nd December also, vaccination will be done at various centers under the Vaccination Maha Abhiyan.
Encourage each individual as well as everyone else to get the vaccine to better combat the infection.
Chouhan said that none of us want that there should be any lockdown again, life should stop or business should come to a standstill, human life should be in danger. For this, every person should be sure to get both doses of the vaccine.
Chouhan said that the state is ready to face any crisis. All necessary arrangements are being ensured in hospitals along with necessary beds, oxygen plants, concentrators and ventilators.