On-the-spot registration and vaccination in Ahmedabad from today

AHMEDABAD: Beginning Monday, the civic body claims it will carry out a vaccination drive that aims to jab 1 lakh Amdavadis in a day. One need not register on CoWIN but now citizens can register on the spot at the vaccination centres. These claims are being made in the backdrop of the vaccination centres being increased from 282 to close to 400 booths and that nearly 26,000 to 31,000 youngsters in the 18 to 44 age group were registering themselves every day on CoWIN. A major challenge, however, will be regulating the crowd which will throng urban health centres (UHCs) and community centres of the AMC.
“We receive stock of more than 1 lakh doses a day for Ahmedabad city. Today, there are more than 50 lakh individuals in the 18 to 44 age group and of these there are 24 lakh individuals who are yet to be vaccinated. We plan to at least provide first dose to these individuals on priority,” says a senior AMC official. The second action plan is to mobilise people right from chawls to residential societies in the age group. From Monday onwards municipal zonal teams will be visiting residential societies to enquire as to how many in the 18 to 44 age group are yet to be vaccinated. Municipal councillors are being requested to scan through voters lists to gather information on unvaccinated individuals.

The AMC aims at vaccinating 2,800 vendors and shopkeepers everyday in the city at 14 community and urban health centres.