In Gurgaon, over one lakh folks had been vaccinated in a day on Monday because the district administration launched a ‘mega vaccination drive’.
According to officers, as a part of the marketing campaign, 190 camps had been arrange by the administration and the well being division — 115 in city areas and 75 in rural areas — together with 5 drive-thru vaccination websites. Apart from this, vaccines had been additionally administered in 19 non-public hospitals of the district.
“In 190 vaccination camps set up by the health department, 87,555 people were vaccinated – 49,247 in urban area camps and 38,308 in rural area camps – while 16,623 people were vaccinated in 19 private hospitals. Our target was to vaccinate 30,000 people during the mega vaccination campaign,” mentioned Dr Virendra Yadav, civil surgeon.
According to knowledge shared by the well being division, a complete of 1,04,178 folks had been vaccinated in Gurgaon on Monday, out of which 98,203 obtained the primary dose, whereas 5,975 obtained the second dose.
At all authorities websites, officers mentioned, the Kovidshield vaccine was administered, and folks had been being vaccinated on a first-come-first-served foundation, with out requiring any prior registration. The camp lasted from eight within the morning to 5 within the night.
Officials mentioned that though their goal was 30,000, preparations had been made for 250 vaccines at every of the camp websites and 500 vaccines on the drive-thru at authorities websites. Therefore, preparations had been made to vaccinate a complete of fifty,000 folks on that day.
“We had arranged for 250 vaccine doses at each camp site. However, keeping in view the fact that no one should return from the camp without vaccination, we had directed all the medical officers to coordinate among themselves and supply the vaccines at the sites as per the demand,” mentioned Dr Yadav .
Officials mentioned that amongst these vaccinated, 54 folks eligible for vaccination as they had been touring overseas had been vaccinated at Sector 21 polyclinic, with two folks taking part in golf tournaments overseas.
In addition, 3,020 folks had been vaccinated at drive-thru vaccination facilities alone. They had been put in at Worldmark 65, AIPL Joy Street, Area Mall, South Point Carnival and M3M Urbana Parking Area.
“The target was to vaccinate 2,500 people between 8 am and 5 pm at drive-thru vaccination sites. However, as a result of the enthusiasm of the people of the district, we reached this target only by 3 pm,” mentioned Gurgaon Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr MP Singh.
A complete of 10,34,988 folks have been vaccinated thus far, which is 59.4 % of the district’s ‘potential inhabitants’ of 17,40,740.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
