COVID-19 vaccination drive: Beneficiaries begin to get second dose
What's the story
The vaccination drive against COVID-19 picked up the pace on Saturday as many beneficiaries who had received their first shots on day one of the exercise four weeks ago turned up to get their second dose.
The second dose delivery began at LNJP Hospital as well and over 20 persons had received the second shots by noon, a senior official at the facility said.
Background
53 percent health workers vaccinated in Delhi on Day 1
The state-run hospital, currently a partial coronavirus facility, had played a critical role in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi.
Under the nationwide mega vaccination drive launched on January 16, a total of 4,319 (53 percent) health workers against a target of 8,117, were administered the shots at 81 centers across the city on day one.
Statement
Doctors all geared up for the second dose
As per doctors, the second dose is given after a gap of 28 days.
A senior doctor at the Centre for Chest and Respiratory Illness, BLK Super Speciality Hospital received his second COVID-19 vaccine shot on Saturday, a spokesperson of the hospital said.
A senior doctor at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital said, "We are all geared up for the second dose delivery."
Number of beneficiaries
Vaccination drive picked up pace after seeing sharp fall
On the second scheduled day after the roll-out of the exercise on January 16, the figures had stood at 3,598 (44 percent of the target).
The sharp fall had come after one severe and 50 minor adverse effect cases were reported on the opening day of the vaccination drive.
The count on the third scheduled day was much higher at 4,936 (48 percent).
Recent update
Number of fresh cases in Delhi
"On Friday, 14,843 people were administered coronavirus vaccine, and AEFI (adverse events following immunization) was reported in seven persons," a senior official of the Delhi Health Department had said.
Delhi recorded 141 fresh COVID-19 cases and three deaths on Friday, even as the positivity rate stood at 0.22 percent, authorities said.