NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JAN 15
Medical Superintendents of government hospitals at Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar will be among the first to get coronavirus vaccine shots in Gujarat on Saturday.
Over 16,000 health workers in the state will be vaccinated during the day as a nationwide inoculation drive starts, officials said.
Vaccination will start simultaneously from 161 centres across the state on Saturday morning.
On the first day, over 16,000 health workers, 100 at each centre, will be covered, they said.
Dr J V Modi (46), superintendent of Ahmedabad civil hospital, and Dr Niyati Lakhani (58), superintendent of Gandhinagar civil hospital will be administered the vaccine among others.
“I came forward to lead by example, as some people are having apprehensions about the vaccine. To allay their fear and give a message that it is safe for everyone, I will take the vaccine tomorrow at civil hospital,” said Dr J V Modi.
Dr Lakhani said she is “leader of this organization and power always comes with responsibility”.
“I will be the first person in my civil hospital who will be vaccinated tomorrow. This way, I want to give a message that the vaccine is safe,” she said.
535 new coronavirus cases, three deaths
Gujarat recorded 535 fresh coronavirus cases and only three deaths in the last 24 hours, a state health official said on Friday evening.
The caseload thus went up to 2,54,849 while the death toll in Gujarat due to COVID-19 now stands at 4,360.
As many as 738 coronavirus patients were given discharges from different hospitals.
While the government has stopped disclosing the daily test figure, as many as 1,01,01,064 persons have been tested so far.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are positive cases 2,54,849, new cases 535, death toll 4,360, discharged 2,43,639, active cases 6,850 and people tested so far 1,01,01,064.
