COVID-19 vaccination: Over 8,000 health workers to be vaccinated in Delhi on each scheduled day

New Delhi, January 14

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the Delhi government has completed all preparations for the rollout of the Coronavirus vaccine from January 16, with over 8,000 health workers to be vaccinated on every scheduled day in the city.

The Delhi government has received 2.74 lakh doses of the vaccine so far from the Centre which would be sufficient for 1.2 lakh health workers. There are a total of 2.4 lakh health workers in Delhi and more vaccine doses are expected to arrive soon, he said.

Vaccination will begin at 81 centres on Saturday and the number of centres will be increased after a few days to 175 and finally, in 1,000, he said.

The vaccine will be administered on four days of the week-Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. It will not be given on Sunday and two days of the week.

Each day 100 persons will be administered the vaccine, he said and hoped people will finally get rid of the virus after facing hardships for the past many months. PTI