Delhi to increase vaccination centres to 300, says Kejriwal
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday visited a vaccination centre at Chirag Delhi the place he mentioned the federal government wanted to administer 3 lakh doses each day if your complete inhabitants of town was to be inoculated inside three months.
The Delhi authorities, he mentioned, was going to increase the variety of vaccination centres from 100 to 300 for a similar.
“We want all of Delhi to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Vaccination is a defence mechanism that can save lives. Right now, the second wave is in operation and it is being said that the possibility of a third wave looms large. Thus, it is our aim that the entire Delhi be vaccinated within 3 months,” he mentioned.
“There are 1.5 crore people in Delhi above the age of 18. They need 3 crore vaccine doses. As of now, we have received only 40 lakh doses from the Centre… so we need an additional 2.6 crore doses,” he added.
Mr. Kejriwal additionally mentioned that up to now preparations had been made in 100 faculties and 1 lakh vaccine doses have been being administered each day. In the following few days, the Delhi authorities would increase the variety of these websites to 300 faculties and work on growing capability to administer 3 lakh doses per day.
He additionally termed “a firm possibility” of ‘one vaccine programme’ within the nation.
“The Central government is offering full assistance. Whenever we needed facilities, we asked the Centre for aid and it did the best to provide help on their part. Hopefully, the Central government will assist in this too,” he mentioned.
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