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Vaccination drive to take place six days a week now in Delhi
After increasing the number of Covid vaccination centres, the Delhi government has also increased the number of days immunisation will happen in a week.
New Delhi: After increasing the number of Covid vaccination centres, Delhi government has also increased the number of days immunisation will happen in a week.
A Delhi government official said the vaccination drive would now be carried out on all days of the week, except Sunday. Beneficiaries were so far vaccinated only four days a week—on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The decision is aimed at ensuring that more healthcare and frontline workers get inoculated in the capital. The beneficiaries’ turnout for the vaccination drive has remained below expectations since the drive began on January 16. “More days will give greater flexibility to healthcare workers and others. The decision has been implemented with immediate effect and the next vaccination drive is on Wednesday,” said the official.
The central government had recently issued directions in this regard. Doctors at various centres claimed to have received necessary directions regarding the change on Tuesday. “We received the directions and teams of doctors and paramedical staff have been formed to work on a rotational basis so that everyone will work efficiently,” said an official from Hindu Rao Hospital.
Staff engaged at various centres in South Delhi Municipal Corporation areas as well as doctors at Swami Dayanand Hospital in east Delhi also claimed to have received the directions. “We will implement them from this week and coordination will be made with cold chain points linked with the centres for timely delivery of Covid-19 vaccines,” said an SDMC official.
However, a few centres were still awaiting an official order to start the vaccination service on six days. “We got to know about the development but there was no official direction issued till Tuesday afternoon,” said an official at Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital.
A Delhi government official said the vaccination drive would now be carried out on all days of the week, except Sunday. Beneficiaries were so far vaccinated only four days a week—on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The decision is aimed at ensuring that more healthcare and frontline workers get inoculated in the capital. The beneficiaries’ turnout for the vaccination drive has remained below expectations since the drive began on January 16. “More days will give greater flexibility to healthcare workers and others. The decision has been implemented with immediate effect and the next vaccination drive is on Wednesday,” said the official.
The central government had recently issued directions in this regard. Doctors at various centres claimed to have received necessary directions regarding the change on Tuesday. “We received the directions and teams of doctors and paramedical staff have been formed to work on a rotational basis so that everyone will work efficiently,” said an official from Hindu Rao Hospital.
Staff engaged at various centres in South Delhi Municipal Corporation areas as well as doctors at Swami Dayanand Hospital in east Delhi also claimed to have received the directions. “We will implement them from this week and coordination will be made with cold chain points linked with the centres for timely delivery of Covid-19 vaccines,” said an SDMC official.
However, a few centres were still awaiting an official order to start the vaccination service on six days. “We got to know about the development but there was no official direction issued till Tuesday afternoon,” said an official at Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital.
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