Delhi gears up for full-scale vaccination of frontline workers
Fri, Feb 05 2021 07:32:18 PM
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS): Three weeks into the Covid immunisation drive, Delhi started to vaccinate its frontline workers on a pilot basis since Thursday at select vaccination centres to test the process before rolling it out full scale from Saturday, officials said. The frontline workers were permitted from Thursday, on a pilot basis on some select vaccination booths in each district, as from Saturday, the vaccination of the frontline workers will start on full scale, a senior government official told IANS.
The official also said that the pilot run went smooth and no discrepancy has been found in the mechanism so far.
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Tweaks in inoculation guidelines have made the process more flexible; senior doctors taking the jab has motivated others to follow suit
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A healthcare worker gets the jab at Lok Nayak hospital in Delhi.
Tweaks in inoculation guidelines have made the process more flexible; senior doctors taking the jab has motivated others to follow suit
Less than two weeks into the COVID-19 vaccine drive, Delhi has managed to achieve 90% of its daily inoculation target and has also increased the number of vaccination sites and the daily target.
On January 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the vaccination drive across the country.