Delhi is prepared for vaccination, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday after chairing a meeting with Union health minister Dr Harash Vardhan. There are around 51 lakh people including healthcare and frontline workers who will be vaccinated in the first phase of vaccination drive, he also said. “The process of identification of all such people is almost complete,” Kejriwal
“There are a total of 51 lakh priority category persons in Delhi -- three lakh health workers, six lakh frontline workers, and 42 lakh of those aged above 50 and those below 50 but having co-morbidities,” the chief minister said at a virtual press briefing.
In the first phase, each person will be given two doses. A total of 1.02 crore doses will be required in the first phase of vaccination in Delhi, he also informed.
Currently, there is storage capacity for 74 lakh doses. It will be scaled up to 1.15 crore within a week, he also said.
Each person in priority categories is being registered to receive the vaccine. They will be informed through SMS and other means whenever their turn for vaccination arrives, the chief minister said.
This comes as state governments across the country are gearing up to inoculate people once the vaccines for Covid-19 gets due approval from the regulatory body. So far, Pfizer vaccine developed by the US company and its German partner BioNTech and another candidate developed by Moderna have sought emergency authorisation approval form the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).
{{/usCountry}}This comes as state governments across the country are gearing up to inoculate people once the vaccines for Covid-19 gets due approval from the regulatory body. So far, Pfizer vaccine developed by the US company and its German partner BioNTech and another candidate developed by Moderna have sought emergency authorisation approval form the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).
{{/usCountry}}The Serum Institute of India (SII), which is manufacturing and testing the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in India, has also submitted its application for an emergency use licence.
As of Wednesday evening, the city has 6,19,618 total cases of Covid-19 infections. The total recoveries are 6,01,268. While the death toll due to the virus is 10,347.
(With agency inputs)