Itanagar, Feb 24: Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar today directed the Department of Health & Family Welfare Department to find ways to push the coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in low coverage districts in a meeting of the State Steering Committee for Immunization (SSCI) which was held at Civil Secretariat today.
The direction comes following reports that few districts are going slow in terms of COVID-19 vaccination coverage. Papumpare rural, Kamle, Lower Dibang Valley, Upper Subansiri, Kurung Kumey, and Longding are reportedly going slow.
He directed the Secretary Health & Family Welfare to monitor and oversee the low performing districts and give necessary directions to the concerned Deputy Commissioners, District Medical Officers and DRCHOs in order to scale up the coverage.
The Chief Secretary suggested making video clips from key influencers of the district like the Deputy Commissioners, ADCs, Doctors, EACs etc to address misconceptions, fear or hesitancy of the COVID-19 vaccine.
With a total 63,277 beneficiaries (Health Care Worker-25,012; Front Line Worker-38265), the Department of Health & Family Welfare Department informed that the COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Arunachal Pradesh has reached 27,138 as of February 22.
There are 343 COVID-19 Vaccination Session Sites spread across Health Facilities in the State with Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays notified as COVID-19 Vaccination days.
The committee also reviewed the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV).
Commissioner Home Kaling Tayeng, Secretary Health & Family Welfare Mitali Namchoom, Dr. Moji Jini,Director TRIHMS and others were present in the meeting.

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