Pregnant women can take vaccine at 34 sites today

Gurgaon: Pregnant women will get Covid vaccination at 34 session sites on Monday in the city. The health department will provide 50 Covaxin doses each to these sites. This will be a monthly feature. On the 9th of every month, pregnant women can get vaccination at the 34 sites which are under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan. The programme aims to provide assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care, free of cost, to all pregnant women in the city.
“This will be organised every month on the 9th at the sessions where we have Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA). Pregnant women who will be vaccinated tomorrow (Monday) can get the second dose next month on the 9th at the same site that they will be inoculated. This will make the process of booking an appointment for the vaccine smooth,” said Dr Virender Yadav, chief medical officer, Gurgaon.
He also said that minimum 50 doses will be provided to 34 sessions sites, but more can be arranged if required by any sites. The 34 public health centres sites where pregnant women can get vaccination are Chauma, Mandpura, Surat Nagar, Daultabad, Om Nagar, Kasan, Chanderlok, Wazirabad, Garhi Harsaru, Rajiv Nagar, Naharpur roopa, Gurgaon village, Mullahera, Badshapur, Rajendra Park, Farukhnagar, Bhangrola, Fazilpur, Bhorakalan, Ghandi Nagar, Tigra, Mansear, Nathupur, Patel Nagar, Civil Hospit-09876l in Sector-10, Ghangola, Palra, Sohhna, Bhonsi, Pataudi, Sukhrali, Laxman Vihar, Firoz Gandhi and Polyclinic Sector-31
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3 new cases in city
Meanwhile, the city witnessed three fresh cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the caseload to 1,80,945, of which 79 are active cases. The positivity rate stands as 0.1%.