NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JUNE 12
Gujarat on Saturday crossed the 2 crore mark in the administration of COVID-19 doses which is a new milestone, the state health department said.
ગુજરાતની વેક્સિનની ઉત્તમ વ્યવસ્થાઓને કારણે ગુજરાત આજે વેક્સિનેશનમાં દેશમાં અગ્રિમ સ્થાન ધરાવે છે. કોરોના મહામારી સામે લડવાનું એક અમોઘ શસ્ત્ર રસીકરણ છે. ગુજરાત પર મિલિયન રસીકરણમાં સમગ્ર દેશમાં પ્રથમ ક્રમે રહ્યું છે.
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A total of 2,00,30,392 vaccine doses have been administered to beneficiaries from different age groups so far, including 45 lakh second doses, it said.
“The two-crore vaccine dose milestone was crossed with 2,94,583 beneficiaries getting inoculated in a single day on Saturday,” the department said in a release.
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani congratulated staff members of the health department on this achievement, said a release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office.
“Gujarat has expanded the COVID-19 vaccination drive by inoculating 3 lakh people every day, with the state leading in per million vaccination ranking,” the CMO said.
With this, a total of 19,42,897 beneficiaries in the priority group of health workers have received their first dose of the vaccine and 11,01,568 have received the second dose so far.
In the priority group of the people in the age group of 45 years and above, a total of 99,41,234 people have received their first dose and 33,82,627 people got their second dose as well, the department said.
“For the people in the age group of 18 to 44 years, 36,02,832 received their first dose and 59,234 their second dose (so far). 2,09,171 out of the 2,94,583 people who received their vaccine dose on Saturday were from the 18-44 category,” it said.
Over 300 inoculated at special ‘drive-through’ camp for differently-abled in Ahmedabad
A special ‘drive-through’ COVID-19 vaccination camp was organised for the differently-abled people here in Gujarat on Saturday, with over 300 beneficiaries receiving the first jab on the first day, officials said.
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The two-day camp has been organised by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) at the city’s Blind People’s Association campus. A total of 376 beneficiaries were inoculated on the first day, they said.
“This is possibly the first such camp in India wherein drive-through vaccination service was provided to people with all kinds of disabilities,” said Blind People’s Association executive secretary Bhushan Punani.
This is for the first time that the state government and AMC have sanctioned a drive-through vaccination camp for people with disabilities.
“For those who do not have vehicles, we have also added a walk-in facility. The beneficiaries come for on-the-spot registration and get their dose of Covishield vaccine provided free by the AMC,” Punani said.
Teams of the AMC’s health department remained present at the spot along with BPA officials.
Beneficiaries were served tea and coffee and some of them even sang and danced to the orchestra played on a stage at the BPA campus.
Officials said arranging such camps will motivate the local administration to prioritise the differently-abled anti-COVID 19 jabs.
An AMC official present at the venue said the accessible drive-through vaccination camp will set an example for the country to follow and help differently-abled people to get motivated for inoculation.
“In many cases, such people are apprehensive about going to the venue. Registration is another challenge many such people face. If the venue is accessible and their special needs are taken care of, then people with disabilities will surely be motivated to get vaccinated,” he added.
