Gurgaon: As the third phase of Covid-19 vaccinations is under way, Haryana is set to get 3 lakh additional doses by Monday to ensure adequate numbers in each district, said officials concerned.
At present, Haryana has over 9.2 lakh
Covid vaccines at the state
vaccine storage facility located in Kurukshetra.
Till now, Haryana has inoculated a total of 3,64,996 recipients across districts. While 45,071 recipients got the jab in phase 3 of the drive, the state vaccinated 3,19,925 recipients in phase 1 and 2, including the second doses of healthcare workers. This essentially means Haryana has used up 28.4% of the vaccine doses that it has received so far.
“The decision on the distribution of vaccines to the districts will be taken on Monday. We have sufficient number of vaccine doses in our stores,” said a senior official of Haryana government.
Similarly, in Gurgaon, which has conducted the highest number of inoculation in Haryana, has already used up 75% of its vaccine.
It had received as many as 1,21,890 doses of Covishiled and 22,000 of Covaxin. Out of these, 94,540 doses of Covishiled and 14,120 of
Covaxin have been used by the district so far. At present, it has 27,350 doses of Covishiled and 7880 of Covaxin at its district store.
Till Sunday, 11,375 people over the age of 60 had their first jabs. Also, 1,129 recipients between 45 and 59 years of age with comorbid conditions have been administered the vaccine in Gurgaon.
“We have adequate vaccines for Phase 3. We have a target of inoculating around 1.5 lakh people in the district, who fall in this category,” said Dr Virender Yadav, chief medical officer, Gurgaon.
He said all private hospitals have been asked to inoculate as many people as possible and thus Gurgaon will be getting more vaccines in a few days.
“There is no cap on daily vaccination in this phase now. We are giving the private set up as many vaccines as we can to boost vaccination in the district. We will be getting additional 16,700 more vaccine doses in the coming days,” he added.
Gurgaon’s neighbouring district Faridabad has 13,000 vaccine doses at present at its stock.
Meanwhile, 67 vaccine centres have been set up for the inoculations scheduled for Monday. While 45 of them will be in private facilities, the rest will be in government hospitals. The district is likely to have more session sites as two of them will be set up in a polyclinic in Sector 31. The health department has also directed private hospitals to have multiple session sites. Major hospitals like Max, Medanta, Paras and Artemis hospitals will set up more than two session sites inside their premises.
All centres have been given told that the minimum number of people getting the vaccine per session site is 100, but all sites require Covid behaviour. “Health department is planning ICE activities to make people aware of the Phase 3 vaccination in the district,” a senior official said.
Meanwhile, Dr Yadav said the health department will be launching a dedicated helpline number for the Phase 3 drive.
“The timetable for all government and private for March has been uploaded on the Co-WIN portal wherein people can see the session plans and book their appointments for the vaccination for the first and second
dose,” he added.
The private setups will have 100% open slots so that the recipients can walk-in for their vaccinations whereas in government set up will be having advance booking, on-spot registration and cohort mobilisation facility in the Co-WIN portal.
The health officials are hopeful that these new changes will further enhance the vaccination drive in the district.