Gurgaon gets 12k doses, no jabs at government sites today

Gurgaon: The health department received around 12,000 doses of Covishield on Saturday and will resume vaccination at government session sites on Monday.
Officials from the department said government sites won’t administer vaccines on Sunday. “We have a sufficient stock of Covaxin and received around 12,000 doses of Covishield on Saturday evening. We won’t administer vaccines on Sunday since our nursing staff have an examination scheduled on the day. We will resume vaccinations at government sites on Monday,” district immunisation officer Dr MP Singh said.
On Saturday, Gurgaon inoculated 7,743 people, of whom 5,100 people were in the 18-44 age group while 2,347 were aged above 45 years. As many as 86 healthcare workers and 210 frontline workers were also vaccinated. Inoculations were conducted at 48 session sites set up across government and private healthcare facilities. Moreover, 100 people were administered Sputnik V doses.
Gurgaon deputy commissioner Dr Yash Garg appealed to people to get vaccinated and said those who have received both doses should also encourage others to get inoculated.
Meanwhile, the city reported six new cases of Covid on Saturday, taking the tally of cases to 1,80,841. No deaths were reported. With this, Gurgaon now has 79 active cases. Out of these, 70 patients are in home isolation while nine are in dedicated Covid hospitals and health centres.
Moreover, seven Covid patients recovered on Saturday, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,79,843.
In the past 24 hours, the health department has conducted 3,515 tests, out of which 737 were rapid antigen tests and 2,778 RT-PCR.