Gurgaon: The District Health Department will only establish three session sites for Covid-19 vaccination on Sundays due to lack of doses.
It will include two drive-through sites at City Center Mall and Candor at Palam Vihar and via cellular vaccine which will be inoculation in sector 57.
There is no vaccination that will be carried out in the government’s health centers and urban health services on Sunday.
The health department official said they had reduced the number of government session sites and would be in a limited number because the department did not have sufficient vaccine stock.
It receives 10,000 doses on Friday and the next stock will come in two to three more days.
“We have around 20,000 remaining doses.
We plan to have fewer session sites on Sundays because of the availability of a limited dose.
We will vaccinate on Monday according to availability.
Our daily requirements are 10,000 doses and we receive 10,000 doses on Friday, Where we use a few on Saturday, “said Dr.
Virender Yadav, a medical head Gurgaon, added that session sites in private health facilities would run according to their schedule.
Gurgaon has vaccinated almost 1.45 lakh people in the past week.
“Purification is usually low on Sundays, so we will save a few doses for Mondays.
In addition, there are several centers that have to walk apart from stock – we cannot stop vaccinations in slum houses and metro stations.
We will take stock from the nearest district Also, if needed, to run the government vaccination camp on Monday, “CMO said.
“A total of 250 shots will be available for the second dose recipient of Covaxin at the City Center Mall on Sunday.
In Candor Palam Vihar, 250 each photo for the first dose and both covishield will be available.
In addition, 100 shots each for the first dose And the two covishield will be available in the vaccine virus that will reach the slum in sector 57.
There is no pre-registration that will be needed on this session site, “said Dr.
MP Singh, District Immunization Officer.
Personal health care facilities will establish around 40 session sites according to their schedule on Sunday, he added.
More than 18k get Gurgaon Jabs vaccinated by 18,059 people on Saturday.
From them, 11,656 people were in the age group of 18 to 44 years, while 6,165 were over 45 years old.
A total of 96 health workers and 133 frontline workers were also inoculated.
Vaccination is carried out in 82 session sites in all government and private health facilities.