New Delhi: The third and largest phase of the COVID-19 the vaccination to vaccinate people in the 18-45 age group started here on Monday morning.
About 90 lakh people are eligible for the jabs under this category in Delhi. Five vaccination booths were each set up at 77 schools for the exercise, an official said.
The government has set up vaccination centers at schools to accommodate the large number of beneficiaries, he added.
To date, vaccines have been given to people over 45 in about 500 centers in the national capital.
Pre-registration is mandatory for vaccination in the age group 18-45 years, and for the time being there will be no boardings under this category, the official said.
Three large private hospital chains – Apollo, Fortis and Max – have already started vaccinating people in the 18-45 age group in restricted centers from Saturday.
The Delhi government has placed orders for doses of 1.34 crore vaccines, which will be delivered over the next three months.
Of these, 67 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine are obtained from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India.
Officials earlier said the first dose of three lakh doses would reach Delhi in the first week of May.
Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that a plan had been formulated to vaccinate all adults coronavirus within the next three months.
He said that anyone over the age of 18 would be administered COVID-19 vaccines free in Delhi.
Source: Telangana Today