New Delhi: With hours left for India's mega vaccination drive on January 16, ABP News along with C-Voter conducted a mega survey to gauge the mood of the nation on political front. The survey focused on various factors such as Coronavirus pandemic, India's vaccination drive, the ongoing farmers' protest and others issues. ALSO READ | ABP Desh Ka Mood Survey: If Not PM Modi Then Who? Know What Nation Thinks
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick-off world's biggest vaccination drive at 10:30 am on Saturday via video-conferencing. The snap poll conducted by ABP News revealed that as many as 79.5 per cent people who participated in the survey were satisfied with the way Modi government handled the Coronavirus pandemic and mere 12.5 said that they were not happy with government's efforts.
Further responding to the question of how many people are satified with Centre's efforts during lockdown, 78 per cent respondents showed thumbs up for the government’s work during the lockdown 1, 82 per cent during lockdown 2, 82 per cent in lockdown 3 and 82 per cent in lockdown 4.
Despite significant approval of government's work during lockdown, 53 per cent respondents felt that the situation of Coronavirus was exaggerated whereas 34 per cent felt otherwise.
When people were asked, how is the government dealing with the production of vaccines, more than half the population appreciated the centre while 32 per cent didn’t like centre’s work in terms of vaccines.
India's Mega Vaccination Drive
Almost a year after reporting the first case of deadly coronavirus, which has claimed over 1.5 lakh lives in India till now, the country is set to witness a historic moment on Saturday with the commencement of the eagerly-awaited vaccination drive against the dreaded disease.
Almost three lakh beneficiaries, belonging to the priority groups, will be administered the silver bullet at over 3,006 vaccination sites across the country. Around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site.
The vaccine will be first offered to the healthcare workers, frontline workers and those above 50 years of age, followed by the below 50 population with comorbidities, and finally to the remaining population based on disease epidemiology and vaccine availability.
Two vaccines -- Oxford Covid vaccine Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, and indigenously developed Covaxin by the Bharat Biotech -- will be administered to priority groups. Till now, the Central government has procured 1.1 crore Covishield and 55 lakh Covaxin vaccines at a cost of Rs 200 and Rs 206 per dose, respectively.
The Covid-19 Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) system, a digital platform, will be used to track the enlisted beneficiaries on a real-time basis. Prime Minister Modi will launch the app on Saturday.