<p>Over 3,37,447 people in Dakshina Kannada district have been identified as being eligible to receive the Covid-19 precautionary dose, under the Covid-19 precaution dose vaccination programme, launched on Monday.</p>.<p>“Those eligible for precautionary doses include 52,529 healthcare workers, 15,924 frontline workers and 2,69,000 people above 60 years with co-morbidities,” District In-charge Minister S Angara informed people while inaugurating the precaution dose vaccination programme on the second floor of Ayush Wing on the premises of District Wenlock Hospital.</p>.<p>The district administration has set a target of administering precautionary doses to 40,000 people on Monday, said the minister and added that though the number of Covid -19 cases was increasing, only a few among them were being hospitalised.</p>.<p>If the public cooperates and follows Covid-19 guidelines, it is possible to save the lives of others, he said.</p>.<p>It is irresponsible behaviour that makes themselves and others vulnerable to Covid-19 infection, he added.</p>.<p>Angara, while responding to queries on lockdowns in the coming days, said the lockdown is one of the preventive measures to bring down the positivity rate.</p>.<p>If the public adheres to Covid-19 guidelines, there would be no lockdowns in future, he added.</p>.<p>Mangaluru City Corporation Mayor Premananda Shetty, Deputy Commissioner Dr Rajendra K V, District Health and Family Welfare Officer Dr Kishore Kumar, among others, were also present.</p>
<p>Over 3,37,447 people in Dakshina Kannada district have been identified as being eligible to receive the Covid-19 precautionary dose, under the Covid-19 precaution dose vaccination programme, launched on Monday.</p>.<p>“Those eligible for precautionary doses include 52,529 healthcare workers, 15,924 frontline workers and 2,69,000 people above 60 years with co-morbidities,” District In-charge Minister S Angara informed people while inaugurating the precaution dose vaccination programme on the second floor of Ayush Wing on the premises of District Wenlock Hospital.</p>.<p>The district administration has set a target of administering precautionary doses to 40,000 people on Monday, said the minister and added that though the number of Covid -19 cases was increasing, only a few among them were being hospitalised.</p>.<p>If the public cooperates and follows Covid-19 guidelines, it is possible to save the lives of others, he said.</p>.<p>It is irresponsible behaviour that makes themselves and others vulnerable to Covid-19 infection, he added.</p>.<p>Angara, while responding to queries on lockdowns in the coming days, said the lockdown is one of the preventive measures to bring down the positivity rate.</p>.<p>If the public adheres to Covid-19 guidelines, there would be no lockdowns in future, he added.</p>.<p>Mangaluru City Corporation Mayor Premananda Shetty, Deputy Commissioner Dr Rajendra K V, District Health and Family Welfare Officer Dr Kishore Kumar, among others, were also present.</p>