bengaluru only 6104 or 36 of 16845 healthcare workers in bbmp limits who took the first dose of the covid19 vaccine have shown up for the second jab with many reluctant to take the second dose for fear of adverse reactionsseveral vaccine recipients have been constantly complaining of side effects and this has prevented them from returning to take the second jab a senior bbmp health official saidthe vaccination drive began on january 16 but ran into hesitancy almost immediately so far a little over 50 of registered health workers across the state have turned up to take the first shot healthcare workers have been citing busy schedules for not turning updata as on sunday feb 21 shows bbmp south zone has fared well in administering the second dose of the vaccine with 2177 people fully inoculated it is easier to get health workers to take the jab than frontline workers because the latter group cites silly reasons said a senior health official convincing them isnt easyhowever officials in the field say there is a lot of hesitancy among healthcare workers too for the second dose only 58 healthcare workers have taken the second dose in east zoneafter the covid19 cluster outbreak at manjushri nursing college in pulakeshinagar where 44 people tested positive the east zone health department has been conducting a doortodoor survey to ensure every contact of those who were infected are thoroughly checked and monitoredthe low participation is because health workers are engaged in controlling the spread of the virus and do not have the time to take the jab said a senior health official east zoneanother reason for low turnout is that messages are not reaching on time the cowin portal is supposed to send messages on place and time for the second jab to beneficiaries but few get the messageswe have scheduled a list of beneficiaries but more than 60 of them have not got any sms because of which they dont turn up we are fixing this said p rajendra cholan bbmp special commissioner healthsome doctors and healthcare workers are waiting for a few more weeks before taking the second dose as per who guidelines cholan said