Delhi: 54% turnout on day 24 of vax, nearly 1.2 lakh people in city have got the jab

New Delhi: After a turnout of 74.4% for Covid vaccination in Delhi last Monday, the count has remained below 55% for the past seven days despite inclusion of frontline workers among beneficiaries and addition of around 80 inoculation centres.

On Monday, 9,740 of the 18,000 expected beneficiaries turned up to get the shot. The turnout was 54.1% as compared to 53.1% during the last vaccination session on Saturday. Only 11 adverse events were reported.

District magistrate (East) Arun Kumar Mishra, who got the shot at a private hospital in Preet Vihar, said, “I received the information through Co-WIN application that my vaccination was scheduled for Monday. I am totally fine and did not report any adverse event.”

He added, “People infected with Covid fought the infection and those who did not get infected had to tackle apprehension and anxiety. The vaccine is helping us fight novel coronavirus on all fronts. I appeal to everyone to get the shot.”

East district has 12 vaccination sites where 622 people were vaccinated on Monday. The district has so far vaccinated 7,460 people. The highest vaccination was done in South district that inoculated 1,503 people, followed by Central and West districts giving the jab to 1,134 people each.

The overall number of vaccinated people has now touched 1,19,308. The vaccination of frontline workers started on full-scale on Saturday after a two-day pilot run last week. In several vaccination centres, paramilitary and Delhi Police personnel, sanitation workers and government employees are turning up to get the vaccine.

Several district magistrates have come forward for the drive to encourage other government employees. Senior officials have also appealed to every body to take the jab when their turn comes and assured them about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
The capital has reported negligible number of adverse events. Out of the 11 adverse events on Monday, Central district saw three events, followed by North West and West districts reporting two each. Four districts did not report any adverse event.

In the first phase, 51 lakh people, including 2.5 lakh healthcare workers, 6 lakh frontline workers and over 42 lakh people either above 50 years of age or below 50 but with comorbidities, are to be vaccinated.