Chennai: From Sunday, the Covid-19 vaccine will be available all the time in 15 centers throughout the city, one for each Corporate Zone Chennai Greater.
The latest Civic Body initiative to increase vaccination efforts was launched by the local administration minister K n Nehru on Saturday at the community center at Venkatrathinam Nagar in Adyar.
Similar centers have been established in community centers in Tiruvottiyur High Road, Nedunchezhian Road in Manali, GNT Road in Madhivaram, Kathivakkam High Road in Tondious, Perumalpet Emergency Care Center in SearchAppa Road in Royapuram, City Center Thiruvenkasamami, Padi, Ayanavaram, Mirsahibpet on Triplicane, Vadapalani, Chinnaporur, Hargaur, Perungudi and Kannagi Nagar.
This happens when vaccination numbers in the city have begun to increase from 33,000-35,000 per day to more than 50,000.
For example, on September 1, the corporation vaccinated 35,400 people in the city.
This jumped up to 53,700 on September 2 and 56,000 on 3.
September also on Saturday, the number tends to cross 50,000 for the third day in a row.
It was unprecedented in the trips of Covid-19 Vaccination by this far, as a one-day vaccination figure (apart from Mega Drive held on August 26 where 1.35 lakh people got JABS) were around 49,000 in April, during Utsav Tikka Program.
The trade union government.
The average number of vaccinations in the city has floated only at 30,000 or even lower numbers since the vaccination campaign begins.
This rotation is unexpected; The GCC has increased the number of vaccination centers from 45 (three per zones) up to 200 (one in each ward) starting 1.
September is done to coincide with the beginning of the school.
Until Friday night, the GCC has given 41.45 doses of around 30 lakhs will be the first dose, while the rest is the second dose.
According to the Cowin portal, more than 51 doses of lakh have been managed in the city.
The Civic’s body has also begun to hold several camps in the resettlement center of slums in the outskirts of the city and slums too.
About 56,063 doses have been given to slums, official statistics shows.