Mysuru: The District Administration is mulling using the polling booths in buildings other than Schools as COVID-19 vaccination points for persons below 50 years but with comorbidities and citizens in the age group of 50 years to 60 years as it may become difficult to vaccinate them in Primary Health Centres (PHCs) both in rural and urban areas considering the large number of that category of people.
“There is no problem in vaccinating healthcare workers comprising doctors in Government and Private Hospitals, Nurses, Para-Medics and Group ‘D’ employees as they are hardly 34,000 in number in the district. But they may confront problems in vaccinating people with comorbidities and above 50 years of age as they constitute around 5 lakh to 6 lakh in the district. It will be impossible to accommodate them in PHCs as it may end up in chaos,” opined Dr. L.Ravi, District Reproductive and Child Health Officer and COVID-19 Immunisation Officer.
