The last three weeks have seen a sharp jump in rural vaccinations: of the total 9.87 crore doses administered in the last three weeks, 6.22 crore doses were in rural parts, which is 63 percent of the total doses. The daily average in rural areas has thus increased to 29.66 lakhs now.
This shift has important public health implications for at least three major reasons: One, during the ferocious second wave of the pandemic, rural parts of the country were badly hit; an increase in vaccination coverage in these areas would be key to reduce mortality and the severity of the disease if there is a third wave.
Bihar administered 48.69 lakh doses in the last two weeks, 72 percent in rural parts.This is almost 8 percentage point increase, compared to the May 1- June 23 period.
News Source : TOI
