'No Pre-registration required to get vaccinated in rural areas': CM Chouhan

Bhopal, May 27: In a major development, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that the vaccination should be undertaken as a campaign in the state, adding that now prior registration will not be required to get vaccinated in rural areas. This came after he reviewed the Corona vaccination work through video conferencing.

 

 

CM Chouhan said that the vaccine is very important, so efforts should be made to ensure that not a single dose of the vaccine is wasted. "Now prior registration will not be required to get vaccinated in rural areas. Villagers will be able to get vaccinated directly at vaccination centers. In urban areas, the remaining vaccines can be used without prior registration after 4 pm," he said. Further, he also added that Aadhaar card will not be mandatory to get vaccinated against Corona offline without prior registration. Voter ID and driving license etc. will also be valid.

 

 

 

The Chief Minister said that more than one crore corona vaccine doses have been administered to people above 45 and above 18 years of age. These include 7,70,613 doses to health workers, 7,04,818 doses to frontline workers, 37, 03,698 doses to persons above 60; 39,46,793 doses to people between 45 to 60 years of age and 9,56,663 doses to people in 18-24 age group.

 

 

Chouhan directed that priority groups should also be formed in 18+ vaccinations. People who come more in contact with people should be vaccinated on priority. These may include hand cart owners, hawkers, etc. Parents of young children can also be kept in the priority group. He also directed that a public awareness campaign should be launched to create awareness about the vaccine as a Suraksha Chakra of Corona and myths related to vaccine should be cleared. Vaccine is very important to prevent Corona infection.

 

 

The state is currently receiving Covaxin and Covishield vaccines. Apart from these, the state government is making efforts to get Sputnik (Dr. Reddy’s Lab) vaccine. Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is a single dose, will be made in India. The Pfizer and Moderna Vaccine will be provided by the respective companies directly to the central government. The Zydus Cadila vaccine, which will be administered in three doses, has not yet been given emergency use authorization by the World Health Organization.