Gurugram procures 30,000 additional vaccine doses

With the Covid-19 vaccination continuing at a fast pace in Gurugram, the district health department on Tuesday procured 30,000 additional doses of vaccines, allocated for other districts that are seeing lower turnouts

With the Covid-19 vaccination continuing at a fast pace in Gurugram, the district health department on Tuesday procured 30,000 additional doses of vaccines, allocated for other districts that are seeing lower turnouts. With an average of 3,500 inoculations per day since March 1, the district has consumed nearly 65% of more than 100,000 vaccine doses allocated to it till now. According to the health department data, roughly 82,000 people in Gurugram have received the vaccine till Tuesday, marking the highest number of vaccinations in the state.

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“Continuing with the current pace of vaccination, where almost 5,000 people are getting vaccinated every day in private hospitals, there has been a need to keep the additional vaccine stock. Through regional vaccine stores, the department has procured 15,000 additional doses, each, of Covishield and Covaxin allocated to other districts since they have lower footfall compared to Gurugram,” said Dr Virender Yadav, chief medical officer.

According to the district health department data, Gurugram has, until now, received over 105,170 doses of Covishield and 22,000 doses of Covaxin since January 16. Of these, at least 82, 680 doses have been administered to prioritised population groups — over 24,000 to people above 60 years and with people aged 45 to 59 years with existing co-morbid conditions and over 56,000 doses to front-line and healthcare workers.

“The state has at least 7.5 lakh (750,000) doses of Covishield and 2 lakh (200,000) doses of Covaxin in the state vaccine warehouse,” said Rajeev Arora, additional chief secretary, health department.

“On an average, 34,000 doses have been administered every day (across the state). Going by the daily consumption of vaccine, the available stock is sufficient for 10 next days and by March 16, additional doses will be received from the central government. Since vaccination (rate) is high in Gurugram, additional doses will be delivered to the district,” Arora said.

From March 1, vaccination sites in the district were increased to at least 45 private hospitals and 23 government hospitals. The turnout has been gradually increasing, reaching almost 8,000 on Monday. As many as 5,167 people above the age of 60 years and 635 aged 45-59 having co-morbidities took the shot on Tuesday. Also, at least 819 healthcare workers and 474 front-line workers took the second doses of their vaccines, mostly at public health set-ups.