The Delhi government is expecting to scale up the vaccination centres to 225 within a week of the Covid-19 immunisation programme launch, officials informed.Dr Suneela Garg, member of the task force for Covid vaccination confirmed to IANS that .
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Officials clap as the first batch of Covishield vaccine doses arrives at the Central Storage facility of Rajiv Gandhi Super-Specialty Hospital, in New Delhi.
The Delhi government is expecting to scale up the vaccination centres to 225 within a week of the Covid-19 immunisation programme launch, officials informed.
Dr Suneela Garg, member of the task force for Covid vaccination confirmed to IANS that the government is looking to extend the sites by the week of immunisation drive launch. We may have close to 225 centres. Eventually, we have demarcated 1,000 centres and will be spawning over them gradually, she said.
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Delhi COVID-19 vaccination drive – Take a look at CM Arvind Kejriwal’s plan to roll out the vaccine
Delhi COVID-19 vaccination drive – Take a look at CM Arvind Kejriwal’s plan to roll out the vaccine
PTIJan 14, 2021, 16:39 IST
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Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the
Delhi government is fully prepared for the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out starting January 16, with over 8,000 healthcare workers to be immunised every scheduled day in the city. Addressing an online media briefing, he said the city government has received a total of 2.74 lakh doses of the vaccine so far from the Centre, which would be sufficient to cater to 1.2 lakh healthcare workers.
Delhi Chief Minister has taken stock of the preparations for the Covid-19 vaccination drive.
New Delhi:
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said his government had made all preparations for the Covid-19 vaccination programme that rolls out across India from Saturday and that he had reviewed the situation. Delhi had received 2.74 lakh vaccines from the Centre, of which 1.2 lakh will be used for health care workers. Up to 2.4 lakh such personnel have, in all, registered for inoculation against the coronavirus, he said.
Each individual receives two doses of the vaccine, according to the schedule.
The state government will roll out vaccination at 81 centres and progressively increase it to 175, and then to 1,000 centres, Mr Kejriwal said today in a public address. At each of these centres, up to 100 vaccines will be administered. The inoculation will be done on four days in a week - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The rest of the days will be left for other vacci