The CRPF has identified about 8,500 personnel who have not taken the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine and sought to expeditiously vaccinate them. The remaining over 3,15,000 personnel have been given the jabs.
The details have emerged following a review of the vaccinations in the ranks of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) earlier this month during which it was found that a total of 8,441 personnel across the formations have still not been administered the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Another 16 persons of the CRPF Directorate here have not been given the first dose and 57 personnel have not taken the second dose of the vaccine.
Director General of CRPF, Kuldiep Singh has decided to personally monitor the progress of the pending cases of vaccinations.
Further, the Force has decided to undertake a headcount of all pending cases and trace all the personnel who are away on leave/temporary duty attachments.
The paramilitary headquarters has directed all the formations and medical directorates to personally contact the personnel over telephone and plans for vaccinating should be made accordingly, officials said. It has also sought a break up of pending cases in the area of operations of various formations and offices.
For those personnel who have not received the vaccine shots on the ground of comorbidity, they should be advised to undergo laboratory test CRP (C-reactive protein quantitative). If the reports of CRP are on the higher side in normal range or it is above normal range, vaccination of that comorbid person should be avoided and the patient should be treated vigorously for the illness so that the CRP test comes in normal range.
When the CRPF test reading comes in normal range after treatment, vaccination can be carried out in consultation with the physician, they said. ‘
The CRPF headquarters has also sought a consolidated report on pending vaccination by Tuesday for perusal of Singh.