Coming, 1.20 lakh vax doses for Chandigarh this month

Dushyant Singh Pundir
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 1

To speed up inoculation, Chandigarh will receive 1.20 lakh doses of the vaccine in June. Dr Amandeep Kang, Director, Health Services, UT, said the Central Government had sanctioned 1.20 lakh doses of the vaccine, including 50,000 for the 18 plus age group, for this month.

Vax slots open at three pvt centres

While there are no slots open for booking in government hospitals, three private healthcare centres have opened slots for 18 vaccination. These are Bedi Hospital, Sector 33-A | Global Health Care, Sector 21-C | New Public School, Sector 18.

She said the first supply of 36,000 doses would reach the city on June 10. They had written to the Centre to re-allocate a part of the surplus stock meant for the 45-plus age group for the 18-44 age group, which comprised a major chunk of the local population, she said.

Earlier, the UT Administration had announced opening up of 4,000 slots per day for the 18-44 age group. It lasted only a day when over 3,000 beneficiaries were vaccinated. The decision was later withdrawn due to a shortage of the vaccine.

Nearly 3,20,000 persons in the 18-44 age group are yet to be vaccinated in the city. There are a total of 6,31,338 persons in the 18 plus age group as per the current updated voter list. Nearly 62,000 persons in the 45 plus age group are yet to be vaccinated. So far, 48,638 persons have been administered the first dose of the vaccine in the 18-44 age group and eight beneficiaries have received the second dose. In the 45-60 age group, 1,07,257 have got their first dose, while 13,183 residents have received the second dose. Similarly, 76,058 senior citizens have been given the first dose and 33,198 have also got their second dose. A total of 3,54,141 persons, including healthcare and frontline workers, have been inoculated in the city