Covid-19: 70,000 recipients get jabbed in single-day mega drive in Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ: As many as 70,000 recipients of all age groups were administered the Covid-19 vaccine on Friday itself, stated the district health department.
The vaccination drive was underway even at the time of filing of this report, and was likely to cross the mark of one lakh recipients by the end of the day, said the health officials.
The health department had set a target of administering Covid shots to 1.24 lakh recipients across all age groups during a mega drive on Friday.For this, over 400 health teams were assigned duty at 364 vaccination sites in the district.
At Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, as many as 1,802 recipients of all age groups were given jabs on Friday.
Nodal officer (vaccination), MLN Medical College, Dr Utsav Singh told TOI, “The 1,802 recipients vaccinated on Friday included three international passengers, 316 women at the pink booth and 95 people at abhibhavak special booth.”
All vaccination booths were crowded since the morning on Friday. There were long queues of recipients in both rural and urban areas. At Beli Hospital, police had to called to manage the crowded lanes of recipients.
Cops were also spotted at other vaccination sites both in urban and rural areas to regulate the rush of recipients.
Nodal officer and additional chief medical officer Dr Teerath Lal told TOI that the Friday mega drive received an overwhelming response, and the portal showed that over 58,900 recipients were administered doses till 5 pm.
He added, “We expect that the tally would soon cross the one lakh mark as more registrations are being made on the portal.”
Dr Lal said that apart from the mega drive, the health department is also making sincere efforts to vaccinate more and more recipients per day.
So far, over 23 lakh jabs have been administered to beneficiaries of all age groups in the district. About 10% of the target beneficiaries are now fully vaccinated, while 38% have been given the first dose. Officials have set a target to vaccinate around 46.10 lakh people, including 34 lakh recipients aged between 18 and 44 and 12.18 lakh above 45 years of age this month.
In August alone, vaccination of over 5.18 lakh beneficiaries was completed.