Over 27K fail to turn up for second vaccine dose

Nitin Jain

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 24

Ludhiana, which leads in maximum Covid vaccination coverage being one and only district having crossed the 1.1-million inoculation mark, also tops Punjab in having maximum beneficiaries who have not taken their second due dose of the vaccine, the government has confirmed.

As many as 27,098 recipients — 15,140 of Covaxin and 11,958 of Covishield —have not turned up even after the lapse of 16 weeks, which is the maximum time gap between the two doses of Covishield. The maximum time gap between the two doses of Covaxin is six weeks, the official figures have revealed.

The data compiled by the Health and Family Welfare Department, which is available with The Tribune, showed that 1,78,375 beneficiaries — 1,14,442 of Covaxin and 63,933 of Covishield — have not turned up in the state for taking their second dose even after the lapse of maximum duration of getting their first shot.

The official figures suggested that of the total 1,14,442 missing Covaxin beneficiaries, 1,08,550 have crossed over 42 days of taking the first jab, and 5,892 have finished 42 days after taking the first dose.

Similarly, of the total 63,933 Covishield beneficiaries who failed to turn up for the second dose, 27,609 have not turned up to take their second shot due even after the lapse of 16 weeks, while 36,324 have crossed 12 weeks of taking their first jab.

The district-wise compilation revealed that Gurdaspur ranked second with 11,953 missing beneficiaries of Covaxin, followed by Mohali 10,116, Jalandhar 8,856, Patiala 6,918, Pathankot 6,048, Nawanshahr 5,960, Sangrur 5,722, Hoshiarpur 5,200, Fazilka 5,104, Faridkot 4,416, Muktsar 4,127, Amritsar, 3,845, Kapurthala 3,005, Bathinda 2,951, Fatehgarh Sahib 2,621, Barnala 2,605, Tarn Taran 2,565, Mansa 2,452, Moga 1,977, Ropar 1,701 and Ferozepur reported lowest of 1,160.

As far as non-turned up Covishield recipients were concerned, Amritsar stood second with 7,717 missing beneficiaries, followed by Mohali 6,422, Jalandhar 6,080, Hoshiarpur 5,841, Gurdaspur 3,592, Patiala 3,352, Bathinda 2,923, Tarn Taran 2,125, Fazilka 1,835, Sangrur 1,713, Ferozepur 1,568, Pathankot 1,216, Muktsar 1,104, Faridkot 970, Barnala 960, Kapurthala 858, Ropar 839, Moga 823, Nawanshahr 761, Fatehgarh Sahib 724, and Mansa reported minimum of 552 awaited beneficiaries.

Stock status

Punjab has received from the Centre a total of 54,14,640 vaccine doses —48,16,580 of Covishield and 5,98,060 of Covaxin. As many as 47,06,315 Covishield and 4,98,101 Covaxin shots were administered, while 56,265 doses of Covishield and 69,959 jabs of Covaxin are available.

Under the state supply, 10,05,030 doses of Covishield and 2,27,310 shots of Covaxin were received. As many as 6,29,974 doses of Covishield and 83,270 jabs of Covaxin were administered, while 3,75,056 doses of Covishield and 1,42,040 shots of Covaxin are available in the state.