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Kashmir’s 83% healthcare workers refused to take COVID-19 vaccine: DAK

News Desk by News Desk
February 12, 2021 | 4:38 pm
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109 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in J&K, tally reaches 123647

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Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said that most of the doctors, nurses and paramedical staff, in Kashmir, have opted out for the COVID-19 vaccination.

“More than 80 percent of the healthcare workers have turned down the vaccine,” claimed DAK President Dr Nisar Ul Hassan.

“Out of 7,000 healthcare workers at Government Medical College Srinagar and its associated hospitals, only 1,167 (16.67 percent) have received the vaccine as on February 09. 5, 833 workers (83.33 percent) have opted out of the vaccine.”, he claimed.

“Such a large percentage of medical personnel declining to take the vaccine is a major concern,” he said.

“It is a troubling development, especially since healthcare workers are at higher risk of contracting the virus and their sickness would mean disruption of healthcare delivery system.”

“Medical staff would imperil patients by snubbing COVID-19 shots,” DAK President said.

“Unvaccinated staff have the potential to transmit the disease to patients who are vulnerable to COVID related complications and death.”

He said the most frequent explanation for hesitancy is ‘mistrust and misinformation’.

“Other reason for reluctance is that most healthcare workers are young and they feel invincible.”

“Those who have recovered from COVID-19 believe that they don’t need the vaccine.”

“Vaccine hesitancy in healthcare workers will have implications on vaccine coverage among the population,” Nisar said.

“The idea of vaccinating healthcare providers first is to help pave way for broader vaccine acceptance. But if they are reluctant for the vaccine, we will be having a huge challenge in convincing the general population to take the vaccine,” he said.

“Vaccine confidence among healthcare workers is vital in promoting public vaccine confidence.”

“We have a lot more to do to get the healthcare workers to take the vaccine. Simply making it available is not enough – we have to make a more precise and targeted approach to overcome hesitancy among them,” said Dr Nisar. (GNS)

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