Left with COVID-19 vaccine stocks for just 3 to 4 days: Delhi
New Delhi, Apr 08: The vaccine stocks in the capital will last only 3-4 days and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has requested the centre for additional 15 lakh doses.
Addressing
the
reporters,
Delhi
Health
Minister
Satyendra
Jain
said
that
the
vaccination
drive
is
going
well
in
Delhi.
We
received
some
vaccines
yesterday.
We
have
stock
for
4-5
days.
We
have
demanded
more
and
we
will
get
it.
We
should
fight
COVID
together.Centre
alleging
that
there
was
less
vaccination
of
healthcare
workers
in
Delhi.
We
can
also
say
that
there
was
less
vaccination
at
Centre's
hospitals.This
is
not
an
issue,
the
issue
is
that
we
have
to
vaccinate
more
and
more
people
soon.
"Kejriwal had written to the Centre that Covid-19 vaccination should be opened for all. We have made two more requests that vaccination should be allowed at least for all adults. Secondly, it should be allowed even at camp settings and not only at health care facilities," Jain said.
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Over
41,000
beneficiaries
received
shots
of
COVID-19
vaccine
on
Wednesday
in
Delhi,
even
as
the
city
recorded
5,506
fresh
cases,
the
sharpest
daily
spike
this
year.
Out
of
these,
33,867
people
got
their
first
jab
while
the
second
dose
was
administered
to
7,545
people,
while
22,951
beneficiaries
in
the
age
group
of
45-59
received
shots,
the
official
said.
Lesser sessions were held as dispensary-based session sites are not functional on Wednesday and Friday, he said.
The third phase of the vaccination drive will span 65 lakh people aged above 45 in the national capital.
In the first phase, starting January 16, over 3.6 lakh beneficiaries comprising healthcare workers and frontline workers, were vaccinated in Delhi.
Jabs were given to people aged 60 and above, and those in the 45-59 age bracket with comorbidities in the second phase.
"In the third phase, people aged 45 and above as on January 1, 2022 are eligible for vaccination, irrespective of their comorbidity status," a senior government officer had earlier said.
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Seeking to accelerate the pace of vaccination against COVID-19, authorities on Monday had ordered that one-third of session sites at all Delhi government hospitals will run round-the-clock from Tuesday onwards.
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Meanwhile, officials on Wednesday said, COVID-19 vaccination beneficiaries choosing to go for walk-in facility will have to acquire an e-pass to travel during the night curfew hours in Delhi.
People eligible for vaccination also have to carry their photo identity cards, including Aadhaar and voter cards. The city has seen a surge in case in the last few weeks.