A day-long drive to vaccinate health workers across Mysuru, Kodagu, and Chamarajnagar was successfully concluded on Saturday. The vaccination will continue in the next few days to cover the already identified beneficiaries registered with the CoWIN app.
Not all the registered beneficiaries turned up to take their shots on Saturday. Whoever missed out or did not volunteer to take the vaccine despite getting the message cannot take the shot in the coming days as 100 beneficiaries have been selected for each day for the vaccination.
“There could be some reason for missing the vaccination. Some may be waiting to take the shot after some time as it is not mandatory. Healthcare workers are being convinced to take the vaccine. If they have missed the vaccination, we don’t know when their turn will come next,” said Chidambar, District Vector-Borne Diseases Control Officer, who is the vaccine monitoring officer for K.R. Nagar taluk.
As against 860 healthcare workers registered for the…