Mega COVID vaccination drive to administer second dose to elderly in Kozhikode

Rapid response teams in Kozhikode corpn. directed to conduct mass registration

The Kozhikode Municipal Corporation will speed up COVID vaccination for the elderly with a mega vaccination drive to be held at Tagore Centenary Hall soon. Responding to a submission presented by councillors N.C. Moyin Kutty and T. Muraleedharan at a meeting of the corporation council on Monday, Health Standing Committee chairperson S. Jayasree said that the corporation has been allotted additional 400 doses of vaccine, only to administer second doses to people above 80 years of age and other senior citizens. Mr. Muraleedharan pointed out that several people could not register in the Cowin portal for vaccination as they did not have the technical know-how. Health Officer R.S. Gopakumar advised rapid response teams to conduct mass registration drives for such people. Mr. Kutty had demanded an inquiry into the stock register of private hospitals where any one could walk in for a vaccine and that some of them charged exorbitant rates for a dose. Mayor Beena Philip answered that several complaints to this effect were filed at the corporation and that the civic body will look into the matter.