Jab for 18+ from today in Himachal

Tribune News Service

Shimla/Kullu, May 16

The vaccination for the 18-44 age group will take place at 213 centres across the state from tomorrow.

A health official revealed that so far 21,090 persons had booked their slot for vaccination till May 15 on CoWin portal. He appealed to all persons to come to the vaccination centre as per their schedule only to avoid unnecessary crowding at these centres.

He also urged them to observe Covid appropriate behaviour at these centres. The highest number of 4,492 person had booked for vaccination in Kangra district followed by 2,996 in Mandi, 2,794 in Shimla, 1,897 in Solan, 1,698 in Sirmaur, 1,600 in Una, 1,400 in Kullu, 1,316 in Chamba, 1,299 in Hamirpur, 1,198 in Bilaspur, 300 in Kinnaur and 100 in Lahaul-Spiti.

He also clarified that only those who have booked their slot on the CoWin portal would be vaccinated. There would be no on-the-spot registration.

Meanwhile, Kullu Chief Medical Officer Sushil Chander Sharma said the vaccination drive against Covid for the 18-44 age group would be held in 14 centres in Kullu from tomorrow. The vaccine would be administered from 10 am to 4 pm on May 17-20, 24-27 and 31.

The CMO said many people had got their registration done on the CoWin portal, but the slot registration is mandatory. The slots would be available on the portal two days prior to each session. The beneficiary would get an SMS containing details of slot booking along with time slots between 10 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 4 pm.

2,378 FRESH CASES

RECOVERED 1,20,990

ACTIVE CASES 36,909

Kangra worst-hit

• The highest-ever 70 deaths due to Covid were reported in the past 24 hours. As many as 2,378 persons tested positive for the virus.
• As many as 30 deaths were reported in Kangra, Shimla (11), Solan (6) and Sirmaur (4). Kangra continues to remain the worst hit with 787 new cases on Sunday.

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