UDAIPUR: As many as 64,312 covid vaccines were administered in a single day on Friday in Udaipur district, which perhaps is one of the highest for any district in Rajasthan.
“In the total seven centres in Udaipur city and 125 centres in rural areas, over 500 health workers completed the herculean task successfully, though our target was only 50,000 ,” Dr Ashok Aditya, in-charge for Covid vaccination, told TOI.
Long queues were seen outside the centres as people eagerly awaited their turns.
The longest queue was seen inside Sukhadia University campus where people had gathered in large number.
Two days ago in Ajmer, some 49,805 persons were vaccinated in a single day.
The health and medical department at Udaipur had announced 50 thousand slots availability a day ago and people had rushed in for registration.
Even after 6pm, many slots were available on the website despite thousands of people having secured their allotment.
In Udaipur city, of the seven centres, Mohanlal Sukhadia University held the vaccination of highest 5,000 people.
“The VC assisted us with extra workers, including clerical staff, scout volunteers and our medical team thus vaccinated the highest number of people here.
Most of them got their first shots,” Aditya said.
The officer said while only some people received Covaxin second dose, majority of them were administered Covishield.
In Udaipur, the medical department had targeted seven lakh people above 45 years while 14 lakh people from 18-44 years were to be vaccinated.
“If we get an uninterrupted supply of 30k vials on a daily basis, the entire district can be covered within 50 days,” said Aditya.
One lakh people have been vaccinated in the past three days, which itself is a record.
Beginning Wednesday 18, 20 and 64 thousand people have been administered the first dose.