Prasagraj: A total of 70,000 recipients from all age groups were given the Covid-19 vaccine on Friday itself, stating the district health department.
Vaccination drives are taking place even when submitting this report, and it is likely to cross the sign of one lakh recipient at the end of the day, the health official said.
The Ministry of Health has set a target of giving Covid shots to 1.24 lakh recipients in all age groups during Mega Drive on Friday.
For this, more than 400 health teams were assigned assignments in 364 vaccination sites in this district.
In Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, as many as 1,802 recipients of all age groups were given by Jab on Friday.
Nodal Officer (Vaccination), MLN Medical College, Dr.
Utsav Singh told TII, “1,802 vaccinated recipients on Friday included three international passengers, 316 women in the pink booth and 95 people at the Abhibhavak special booth.” All vaccination cubicles were crowded since morning on Friday.
There is a long queue of recipients in rural and urban areas.
At the hospital, the police had to call to manage the crowded recipient’s lane.
Police are also seen on other vaccination sites both in urban and rural areas to regulate recipient rushes.
Additional Nodal Officer and Chief Medical Officer Dr.
Teerath Lal told TII that the Friday Mega Drive received an extraordinary response, and the portal showed that more than 58,900 recipients were given a dose until 5pm.
He added, “We hope that the calculation will immediately cross the lakh sign because more registration is made in the portal.” Dr.
Lal said that apart from Mega Drive, the Ministry of Health also made sincere efforts to vaccinate more recipients per day.
So far, more than 23 lakh Jabs has been given to beneficiaries of all age groups in the district.
About 10% of the target recipients are now fully vaccinated, while 38% have been given the first dose.
Officials have set a target to vaccinate around 46.10 Lakh people, including 34 LAKH recipients between 18 and 44 and 12.18 lakh above 45 years this month.
In August, vaccination of more than 5.18 beneficiaries of the lakh finished.