NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party functionary and MLA Atishi on Tuesday said that vaccination for the youth would remain closed in Delhi until the instalment of vaccine doses arrives on June 10.
“As per the central government, we will get the vaccination for the youth on June 10, which is significantly far away, especially for those youth who wish to move out of their homes after the unlock process begins,” she said while issuing Delhi’s daily vaccine bulletin.
She said that till now, 41.8 lakh people had been administered the first dose and 12.2 lakh people both doses, with more than 54 lakh total vaccine doses administered.
She further said that those in the 18-44 category would be due for their second shot of Covaxin this week, but the Delhi government was yet to receive the requisite stock.
“Right now, the vaccination for the youth is being carried out only in private hospitals, and at exorbitant prices, as we have shared with everyone previously.
But the vaccination drive for 45+ is still in operation,” she said, adding there is no need for online registration for those above 45 as there are walk-in centres established all over Delhi.
She said the vaccine stock for those above the age of 45 years was more than 4.4 lakh doses, out of which 47,310 Covaxin doses were available on Tuesday morning.
“We are using Covaxin doses only as of the second dose since many people were due for their second dose,” she said, adding there were 3.9 lakh doses of Covishield available which, as per the average vaccination speed, would last for 19 days in Delhi.