Letter: On the first day of the prevention dose, a total of 4,422 people were vaccinated at 39 centers in the city.
Those who were vaccinated including 2,002 health workers, 466 frontline workers and 1,954 senior citizens.
Senior citizens and individuals who meet other requirements for the booster dose have started receiving messages on their cellphones with details of the vaccination center near their residence.
The messages are sent to the direct benefit of the Cowin application, health officials get information.
The booster dose of covishield and covaxin is given to beneficiaries on Monday.
“Considering the limited number of individuals for a booster dose, it seems vaccination will continue for a long period of time now.
The details of the booster dose will be added to existing individual certificates,” said a health official.
Meanwhile, vaccination for 15 to 17 years old teenagers continued in 61 schools and nine other centers.
A total of 12,394 teenagers are vaccinated on Monday.
Until now, 1.39 lakh teenagers have been vaccinated in the city.
Because of the lack of vaccines, the drive was stopped in February in the city.
To encourage SMC vaccinations strictly apply restrictions and not allow individuals to enter their undiscidable office.