To ensure maximum penetration of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Haryana Health Department had set up 1,195 Vaccination Centres which administered 84,548 vaccine doses to the beneficiaries today in the state.
- Chandigarh, April 8 – To ensure maximum penetration of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Haryana Health Department had set up 1,195 Vaccination Centres which administered 84,548 vaccine doses to the beneficiaries today in the state.
- Sharing information in this regard, Additional Chief Secretary, Health Sh. Rajeev Arora said that the Health Department has administered 84,548 vaccine doses today enhancing the consolidated number of vaccine doses administered till date to 2,211,666 doses.
- On the COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out plan, Sh. Arora said that with an aim to ensure the vaccine is administered to maximum number of people the Department had set up more Vaccination Centres across the state. He further elaborated that these Centres have been strategically placed in highly populated areas across the state and even in the rural areas to ensure maximum penetration of the vaccine so as to curtail the spread of highly contagious COVID-19 virus. Most of the beneficiaries were above 45 years of age, he added.
- On the administration of vaccines to Health Care Workers (HCWs), Frontline Workers (FLWs) and others, Sh. Arora said that 1,90,425 Health Care Workers (HCWs) have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and around 1,15,671 Health Care Workers (HCWs) have been administered the second dose. Sharing the details of the Frontline Workers (FLWs) he said that 1,20,644 FLWs have been administered the first dose of the vaccine and 45,033 FLWs have been administered the second dose. Also, around 16,55,333 lakh doses of vaccine were administered to beneficiaries above 45 years till today.
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