Dimapur, March 2 (MExN): The Department of Health and Family Welfare Nagaland on March 2 notified on more COVID-19 vaccination centers in the State.
According to a DIPR report, health units across the state have been identified as COVID-19 vaccination centers from March 4 to 15 for more accessibility and friendly services to citizens.
Additional health units will be notified in the coming days, it added.
Meanwhile, the report also informed that vaccination days would be on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
The vaccine will be available for all citizens 60 years and above as on January 1, 2021 and citizens aged 45 -59 years with specified co morbidities as on January 1, 2021, health care and frontline workers. All eligible citizens can self-register at cowin.gov.in and make an appointment or avail onsite registration at the session site.
Co-morbidity certificate
The department has also notified that all citizens between 45-59 years as on January 1 will need to produce a co-morbidity certificate from a registered medical practitioner to avail vaccination services.
The co-morbidity certificate with the list of specified co-morbidities/ diseases can be downloaded from the websites: nagahealth.nagaland.gov.in and covid19.nagaland.gov.in.
A signed copy from a registered medical practitioner can be uploaded online during self- registration at cowin.gov.in. The signed hard copy will need to be produced at the vaccination site, it added.
302 senior citizens inoculated
302 senior citizens in the 60 years and above category along with 22 beneficiaries with associated co-morbidity above 45 years have been vaccinated across the State till date without any reported adverse events needing medical intervention, State Immunisation Officer Dr Ritu Thurr informed on Tuesday.
The oldest beneficiary was a 96-year-old man from Dimapur. The total doses administered in the state now stand at 37,069. Vaccination of age-appropriate high-risk groups will be scaled up across the state from March 7, he added.
State Commissioner for PwDs appeals
State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) Diethono Nakhro has requested Persons with Disabilities in the age bracket of 45-59 years who are among the eligibility categories or have any of other co-morbidities to avail the COVID-19 vaccination.
The second phase of vaccination for senior citizens and people with co-morbidities in the age bracket of 45-59 years has started in Nagaland and the list of co-morbidities eligible for receiving vaccination includes blood disorders like Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia, people with multiple disabilities, including blindness and deafness, acid attack where respiratory tract involvement is there, muscular dystrophy, intellectual disabilities and disabled requiring high support needs (severe disabilities).
The Department of Health & Family Welfare has informed that one can self-register through cowin.gov.in or register onsite along with a Photo ID. Vaccines will be provided free of cost at all government facilities. In this regard, Nakhro requested NGOs, churches, and concerned citizens in various districts to help eligible persons with disabilities register and get the vaccination.
