Delhi government prepared to administer COVID-19 vaccine to 51 lakh priority persons: Arvind Kejriwal

The Delhi government is fully prepared to receive store and administer COVID19 vaccine to 51 lakh priority category persons in the city in the first phase of vaccination Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on ThursdayHe said his government is all set to start the vaccination drive as soon as it gets the vaccine from the Centre and registration is underway for people in three priority categories who will receive it firstAsked about the charges for the vaccine and if it will be free of cost a senior official in the Chief Ministers Office said the government has not taken any decision in this regard so farThere are a total of 51 lakh priority category persons in Delhi three lakh health workers six lakh frontline workers and 42 lakh of those aged above 50 and those below 50 but having comorbidities the chief minister said at a virtual press briefingEach person will be given two doses and a total of 102 crore doses will be required in the first phase of vaccination in Delhi he saidCurrently there is storage capacity for 74 lakh doses and it will be scaled up to 115 crore within a week Kejriwal saidEach person in priority categories is being registered to receive the vaccine They will be informed through SMS and other means whenever their turn for vaccination arrives the chief minister saidThe vaccine will be administered to only those people whose registration has been done he addedThe government has made proper arrangements in case sideeffects if any are noticed after administering the vaccine the chief ministerThe necessary staff officials and health workers have been identified and trained for the vaccination drive Each vaccination team will have five members he addedThe sites where vaccination will be carried out are also being readied Kejriwal saidThe COVID19 situation in Delhi has improved significantly in the past few days but all eyes are set on when the vaccine will become available and people will get rid of the virus he addedEveryone is eyeing the vaccine now The Delhi government has made all arrangements and we are fully prepared to receive the vaccine from the central government store it and administer it to priority category persons Kejriwal saidEarlier in the day the chief minister chaired a meeting on the rollout and administering of the vaccine in Delhi A presentation on the preparedness for the vaccination drive was given by officials of the Health departmentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever