NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, SEP 18
Gujarat achieved an unprecedented achievement of administering 23.68-lakh doses of vaccine against Covid-19 in the state in a single day during the state government’s mega drive on Friday, with Surat administering the highest number of 2.77 lakh doses, an official said on Saturday.
Momentous day for Gujarat..! The State achieves historic milestone of administering a whopping 23,68,006 vaccine doses in a single day under the #GujaratVaccinationMahaAbhiyan organized to mark PM Shri @narendramodi's birthday yesterday.#GujaratFightsCovid19#LargestVaccineDrive pic.twitter.com/q7Dk7TDAj9
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) September 18, 2021
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel here today congratulated all health and frontline workers for making a success of the mega vaccination campaign against Covid-19 displaying exemplary excellent expertise by administering 23,68,006 doses of vaccine on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17, 2021.
Surat administered the highest number of 2,77,121 doses among 33 districts, the official said.
Ahmedabad administered 2,31,639 jabs, followed by Vadodara with 1,22,986 and Rajkot with 1,05,829 doses, he said.
Highly appreciable work by vaccinators at Vagharol, Siddhpur 💐💐 #GujaratVaccinationMahaAbhiyan @mdnhmgujarat @CollectorPatan @DDO_PATAN @CMOGuj pic.twitter.com/0bNKbsWl63
— Dr.supria Ganguly GAS (@DyDEOBharuch) September 17, 2021
Surat was also on top among the state”s eight municipal corporations as far as the number of doses administered during the mega drive is concerned, the official said.
As many as 2,02,421 doses were administered in the Surat Municipal Corporation, followed by Ahmedabad with 1,50,096 doses, Vadodara with 61,946 and Rajkot with 44,636, he said.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel had launched the drive, which was organised on the occasion of the Prime Minister”s 71st birthday, from a centre in Ahmedabad, while state Health Minister Rishukesh Patel launched it from Jamnagar.
Meanwhile, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to allow only vaccinated adults in its facilities. According to an official release, now only vaccinated people can travel in AMTS and BRTS buses or enter in Kankaria Lake Front or AMC-run swimming pools and gyms. This step has been taken to encourage the 100 percent vaccination in Ahmedabad city to protect them from the possible third wave.
The first dose of vaccine has been given to 3,96,66,718 persons and second dose to 1,63,68,592 persons, thus totalling over 5.59-crore.
India set a record of administering over 2.5 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses in a single day in the mega drive.
