Updated: December 24, 2020 4:18:16 pm
One syringe contains one dose of a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine in a container (AP)
Fifty-one lakh people in Delhi, which include healthcare personnel, frontline workers, people with comorbidities and people over 50, will receive the Covid-19 vaccine in the first phase, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. .
Addressing a webcast on the launch of the Covid-19 vaccine in Delhi, which is expected early next year, Kejriwal said that the administration has almost identified all 51 lakh citizens, who have been classified in the “category priority “for vaccination.
The Delhi government’s plan is in line with the recommendations made by the National Group of Experts on Covid-19 Vaccine Administration (NEGVAC). Kejriwal said Delhi has made all arrangements to receive and store vaccine doses.
Kejriwal said doses of Rs 1.2 million are needed to cover priority categories comprising health workers, police, civil defense volunteers, people over 50 and people under 50 with associated comorbidities such as diabetes, heart disease. , among other.
The CM said that Delhi has around three lakhs of healthcare workers, six lakhs of frontline workers, while the number of people over 50 and those below with comorbidities stands at around 42 lakh. “We have identified almost all of them and the identification work will be completed in a week,” Kejriwal said.
“Right now, Delhi has the capacity to store 74 lakh of vaccine doses and it is increasing. In the next five to seven days, the city will be able to store 1.15 doses of CRORE, ”he said. Those identified to be vaccinated as a priority will be contacted by SMS. “The government will inform them about the time and place of the vaccination. People don’t have to worry about this, ”he added.
The government has also developed a separate plan to ensure medical assistance in case the vaccine triggers any adverse reaction in a person. “We are eagerly awaiting vaccine approvals,” he said.
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