Lok Sabha Question No. 276 (STARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: COVID Vaccinations to Prisoners
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.276 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  AUGUST, 2021 COVID VACCINATIONS TO PRISONERS

## *276. SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  maintains  data  of  the  number  of  prisoners  who  have received their COVID-19 vaccination;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise, particularly in the State of Odisha;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to formulate a strategy for complete inoculation of prisoners expeditiously considering the current prison population;
- (d) if so, the details thereof including the timeline by when the inoculation process is likely to be completed;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  sent  any  advisory  notifications  to  the  States/UTs concerning the vaccination of prisoners; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## ANSWER (SHRI MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (f) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 276* FOR 6 TH  AUGUST, 2021

(a)  to  (f)  COVID-19  vaccination  of  prisoners  is  included  &  recorded  under  the vaccination  of  'Persons  without  Prescribed  Identity  Cards'  which  includes  nomads, prison inmates, inmates in Mental Health Institutions, citizens in Old Age Homes, road side beggars, people residing in rehabilitation centres/camps and any other identified eligible  persons,  aged  18  years  or  more,  and  not  having  any  of  the  nine  prescribed individual Photo ID Cards. The State-wise details on vaccination of prisoners as per the information available on Co-WIN is annexed.

Government  of  India  has  shared  a  Standard  Operating  Procedures  (SOP) regarding  'COVID-19  Vaccination  of  Persons  without  Prescribed  Identity  Cards through Co-WIN' with all States/UTs in May 2021. This SOP is also available on the website of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

COVID-19  vaccination  is  an  ongoing  and  dynamic  process,  which  is  being guided by National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for  COVID-19 (NEGVAC) on the basis of concurrent scientific evidence. It is expected that eligible beneficiaries  aged  18  years  and  above,  including  prisoners,  will  be  vaccinated  by December 2021.

## State/UT-wise data on COVID-19 Vaccination of Prisoners

as of 4th August 2021

| S. No.   | State                       | 1st dose   | 2nd dose   | Total doses administered   |
|----------|-----------------------------|------------|------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 6          | 0          | 6                          |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              | 167        | 0          | 167                        |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 586        | 4          | 590                        |
| 4        | Assam                       | 7,279      | 68         | 7,347                      |
| 5        | Bihar                       | 17,626     | 732        | 18,358                     |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  | 0          | 0          | 0                          |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                | 6,467      | 2033       | 8,500                      |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 0          | 0          | 0                          |
| 9        | Daman and Diu               | 0          | 0          | 0                          |
| 10       | Delhi                       | 2          | 0          | 2                          |
| 11       | Goa                         | 100        | 0          | 100                        |
| 12       | Gujarat                     | 4,010      | 2,237      | 6,247                      |
| 13       | Haryana                     | 8,467      | 1,511      | 9,978                      |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh            | 847        | 0          | 847                        |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir           | 2,454      | 7          | 2,461                      |
| 16       | Jharkhand                   | 6,568      | 1,253      | 7,821                      |
| 17       | Karnataka                   | 348        | 79         | 427                        |
| 18       | Kerala                      | 1065       | 87         | 1152                       |
| 19       | Ladakh                      | 0          | 0          | 0                          |
| 20       | Lakshadweep                 | 0          | 0          | 0                          |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh              | 12,980     | 2,826      | 15,806                     |
| 22       | Maharashtra                 | 21,868     | 1,183      | 23,051                     |
| 23       | Manipur                     | 241        | 0          | 241                        |
| 24       | Meghalaya                   | 691        | 0          | 691                        |
| 25       | Mizoram                     | 1,023      | 1          | 1,024                      |
| 26       | Nagaland                    | 30         | 0          | 30                         |
| 27       | Odisha*                     | 16,253     | 2,076      | 18,329                     |
| 28       | Puducherry                  | 0          | 0          | 0                          |
| 29       | Punjab                      | 2,518      | 6          | 2,524                      |
| 30       | Rajasthan                   | 7,773      | 2,368      | 10,141                     |
| 31       | Sikkim                      | 267        | 4          | 271                        |
| 32       | Tamil Nadu                  | 9,831      | 759        | 10,590                     |
| 33       | Telangana                   | 1,858      | 307        | 2,165                      |
| 34       | Tripura                     | 156        | 0          | 156                        |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh               | 24,230     | 2,789      | 27,019                     |
| 36       | Uttarakhand                 | 4,404      | 248        | 4,652                      |
| 37       | West Bengal                 | 4,993      | 1,767      | 6,760                      |
|          | Total                       | 1,65,108   | 22,345     | 1,87,453                   |

*as reported by Government of Odisha