Priority list for Covid-19 Vaccination

Priority list for Covid-19 Vaccination

Subject: National and International events

Context: With India approving two vaccine for Covid-19 the next challenge is roll out for which now government has come out with the order of priority for vaccination.

Concept:

Priority will be in following order:

1. 3 crore healthcare workers and frontline workers
2. Those above 50 years of age and
3. That under-50 with co-morbidities
   • However, it also said rollout in these three priority groups will be guided by vaccine availability and won’t be “necessarily sequential”.
   • Operational guidelines given to the states, the prioritization of groups will depend on the “disease incidence and prevailing pandemic”
   • Rolling out of vaccine for states with high incidence of cases (Ex- Maharashtra and Kerala)
   • Every eligible person for Covid vaccination needs to be registered on Co-WIN app and a mechanism has been created to mark out different priority groups (use will be made of voter list).
   • The DM, helped by the District Immunization Officer, will link sessions sites, vaccinators, supervisors and beneficiaries and decide the date and time for the vaccination session.
   • Multi-level governance mechanism: Block Task Force will check all proposed sites and the District Task Force will check a sample of the sites to ensure that required space, infrastructure, including security