Second dose coverage stands at 57% in Mysuru

Health authorities plan to step up vaccination drives, plan to jab 10,000 a day to achieve 90 percent target by year-end

As the coverage of second dose of COVID-19 vaccination remains around 57 per cent in Mysuru district and nearly 1.90 lakh people are due for their second dose, the health authorities here are now planning to step up their vaccination campaign. They have set themselves a target of vaccinating at least 10,000 people every day for achieving 90 per cent second dose coverage at least by December-end.

Mysuru stands sixth in the State in administration of the second dose. As many as 13 lakh people had received their second dose. The coverage, however, saw a drop in the last few days and one of the reasons cited was heavy rains with the district and particularly Mysuru city in the grip of incessant downpour. But the primary reason has been sharp drop in new cases.

District Health Officer K.S. Prasad told The Hindu that the vaccination campaign has been stepped up with the health workers making doorstep visits. There are about 1.90 lakh people who are yet to get their second dose even after completing the 84-day gap from their first dose. When compared to other districts, the number is less. Yet, we are on the job and confident of maximising the coverage of the second dose at the earliest, he added.