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January 18, 2021
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The vaccine will be administered on four scheduled days of the week Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday After administering shots to over 4,300 healthcare workers on the first day on Saturday, Covid-19 vaccination teams across the national capital started to give vaccines to more medical staff at various hospitals on Monday.
Officials said that the vaccination drive started at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital at 10 am. The immunisation drive in Delhi was formally kicked off on Saturday by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from the LNJP Hospital, the state-run facility which offered yeoman service during the pandemic last year.
Highlights
In Delhi, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout will span across 11 districts at 81 centres.
As many as six central government hospitals - AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital, RML Hospital, Kalawati Saran Children Hospital and two ESI hospitals - are part of the vaccine drive.
Private facilities Max Hospital, Fortis Hospital, Apollo Hospital and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital are also part of the country-wide vaccine rollout.
New Delhi: As the nation-wide coronavirus
COVID-19 vaccination drive kicked-off on January 16, 2021, the All India Medical Institute (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria received a dose of the vaccine at the hospital in the presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.