Over 321,000 persons receive both doses of Covid-19 vaccination
Maldives launched the national vaccination drive on February 1
Maldives launched the national vaccination drive on February 1
By Sunday’s end, a total of 321,570 persons had completed both doses of the Covid-19 vaccination.
Under the government’s “Covid-19 Dhifaau” inoculation drive, 2,949 doses were administered on Sunday, of which 2,490 were second doses and 459 were first doses.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed that 1,522 Greater Malé residents and 1,427 atoll residents received vaccine shots on Sunday.
As such, the first doses were given to 146 residents of the capital and 313 atoll residents, whereas 1,376 Greater Malé residents and 1,114 atoll residents received second doses.
The total of persons who have received first doses so far sits at 389,235.
The total number of persons awaiting second doses of the Covid-19 vaccination has dropped to 67,665 with this development.
There are currently three mobile teams across six vaccination centers in the capital region, as well as 176 vaccination centers spanning outlying atolls.
The incumbent administration of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih launched the “Covid-19 Dhifaau” inoculation drive on February 1.
HPA announced restrictions for unvaccinated persons from September 1 earlier, however, it has since been revealed that the implementation of the restrictions will be delayed, as the government is currently working on launching an adequate application through which unvaccinated persons may be tracked and monitored.
Restrictions that unvaccinated persons will be facing include a ban on domestic travel and disallowing tourists to check in to guesthouses if they are unvaccinated. Further, civil servants who have not been vaccinated yet will also be required to present negative PCR test results every 14 days.
Although the government earlier targeted to vaccinate 95 percent of those eligible through the free vaccination drive by the beginning of September, authorities have revealed that they are not far from reaching the goal. By the beginning of the ongoing month, 85 percent of the eligible population aged 18 and above had received first doses and 84 percent of the eligible population above 12 years had received doses as well.
Authorities only recently launched a vaccination drive for children aged 12 to 17. By September 11, 35,152 students had received first doses, according to the Ministry of Education. These are students across 214 schools. 11,653 students have also received second doses, across 88 schools. The ministry aims to vaccinate 40,000 students under the programme, after having received a batch of 128,700 Pfizer doses through the COVAX Facility.
Authorities continue to urge the public to receive their vaccination shots, in order to help curb complications from the virus.
