KOLKATA: Fifteen government hospitals will be launching the Covid-19 vaccination under Co-WIN 2.0 from Monday. The hospitals have been asked to target 50 recipients on Day 1 of community inoculation drive where the recipients will include those above 60 years of age and those between 45 and 59 with co-morbid conditions.
“We have been asked to mobilise 50 recipients on Monday. We expect this community vaccination to begin around 12 noon once the Co-WIN 2.0 is formally launched,” said a source at ID Hospital Beliaghata.
In addition to five medical colleges — IPGMER, Medical College Hospital Kolkata, NRS, RG Kar and Calcutta National Medical College — the rest are ID Hospital Beliaghata, MR Bangur Hospital, Vidyasagar State General Hospital, Garden Reach State General Hospital, ESI Hospital Maniktala, Lady Dufferin Victoria Hospital, BC Roy Hospital, Sambhunath Pandit Hospital, Chittaranjan Seva Sadan and School of Tropical Medicine.