Public Confidence In Covid-19 Vaccine Will Increase Slowly: Satyendra Jain On Delhi s Low Turnout
On Tuesday, 26 cases of adverse incidents following immunisation, were reported, including two severe ones. One of them had to be hospitalised. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-19T16:25:41+05:30 Public Confidence In Covid-19 Vaccine Will Increase Slowly: Satyendra Jain On Delhi s Low Turnout outlookindia.com 2021-01-19T18:37:06+05:30
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Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Tuesday said the Covid-19 inoculation drive is voluntary and a matter of personal choice to get the jab, in light of a low turnout of healthcare workers on the first two days of the exercise. The government is taking all effort to boost their confidence, he added.
The first batch of Oxford COVID-19 Covishield vaccine had reached Delhi s central storage facility at Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital (RGSSH) on January 12.
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One-to-one communication is the key to avoid vaccine hesitancy rather than mass communication to help people overcome the fear of covid-19 side effects, said Dr B.L. Sherwal, Director at Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH).
On the day of the launch of the massive immunization drive against Covid-19 that the country has embarked upon, Dr Sherwal said that better communication could have reduced the hesitancy towards the vaccine among the people.
While agreeing that there was a lack of effective communication, he stressed that one-to-one communication is required to allay the hesitancy towards vaccine. Rather than mass communication, we need to be communicating one-to-one with the people. Since we are not doing that, we are failing in developing the confidence of the people, Dr Sherwal said.
»At 19, Farmer s Son is Youngest to Get Vaccinated Among Rajiv Gandhi Hospital Staff in Delhi
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At 19, Farmer s Son is Youngest to Get Vaccinated Among Rajiv Gandhi Hospital Staff in Delhi
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The teenager, who is pursuing a bachelor s course at a private university in Meerut through distance learning, says he took up a job of a multi-tasking staff at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) in April despite knowing that he will be put on Covid duty .
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Baghpat native Shiv Kumar rode over 20 km on his bike daily to Rajiv Gandhi hospital in east Delhi during the lockdown, zealously fed coronavirus patients and shared their grief, and on Monday the 19-year-old became the youngest staff of the facility to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Kumar, son of a farmer, who delivered yeoman service during the pandemic last year, was beaming with pride and exhibited humility after getting a jab of Covishield on his arm at the vaccination
Fewer health workers turn up for vaccination in Delhi
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16.7% dip in numbers on Monday; 24 ‘minor’, 2 ‘major’ adverse events reported
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16.7% dip in numbers on Monday; 24 ‘minor’, 2 ‘major’ adverse events reported
Delhi witnessed a dip of 16.7% in the number of healthcare workers turning up for the COVID-19 vaccination on Monday as compared to Saturday, the first day of the drive, when 4,319 beneficiaries were administered the vaccine shot.
A total of 3,598 workers were inoculated against a target of 8,136 on the second day of the drive, according to the data compiled from the 11 districts in the Capital. There are 81 centres in Delhi and the target is about 100 people per centre.