Palamu has a good storage of doses of the vaccine to accelerate the third dose called precaution dose.
According to the district epidemiologist Dr Anup Kumar Singh Palamu has 81,710 doses of the covaxin, 20,890 of the covishield and 30, 720 of the CorBEvax (till July 14).
Civil surgeon Palamu Dr Anil Kumar has appealed to the beneficiaries of the age group 18 to 59 to avail of the third dose if it is due to the beneficiaries.
He said the government of India has made this third dose of vaccine for Coronavirus all free for the age group 18 to 59 at the government vaccination centre or site.
The Civil Surgeon said that this free vaccination for this specific age group is only for 75 days beginning July 15.
He said, "We understand it is sowing time where there is rain and our beneficiaries may join agricultural activities but at no cost third dose of the vaccine is to be missed."
There are 11,83,675 eligibles in this age group where the first dose vaccination has surpassed 100 per cent vaccination all for the reason that hordes of the migrant workers also availed of the first dose of the vaccine when they were back home.
As for the second dose vaccination of the age group 18 to 59, 20 per cent of the eligibles are yet to take it. The third dose of the vaccine will be valid for 20 per cent of the eligibles when they will be first a recipient of the second dose and then there will be a gap of 6 months between the second dose and the date of the third dose.