Prayagraj: As the the Union health ministry began vaccination of people aged 45 years and above from Thursday (April 1), all the 95 vaccination sites in Prayagraj, including 84 in rural and 11 in urban areas, received an overwhelming response
Officials of the health department said on Thursday that they had made all necessary arrangements to vaccinate the target beneficiaries in a planned manner.
Additional CMO and nodal (vaccination, urban) officer Dr Satyendra Rai told TOI that Covid vaccination of beneficiaries in the age group of 45 years and above started at 95 sites, including 84 sites in rural (124 sessions) and 11 sites in urban (33 sessions) areas.
“We received excellent response from the beneficiaries. The department has also taken necessary measures to ensure that maximum number of beneficiaries arrive at the vaccination centres in both rural and urban areas,” said Rai.
He informed that a strategy has already been chalked out for the new drive, and health department officials have been assigned duties in the sessions accordingly.