89 Delhi hospitals chosen for Covid vaccination drive’s first phase

New Delhi, Jan 10 : With the world’s biggest vaccination drive slated to roll out across India from January 16, the Delhi government on Sunday said that it has made all preparations and finalised 89 hospitals for the first phase of Covid-19 vaccination.
Of the 89 Delhi hospitals, 40 are government-run and 49 are private, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain told a press conference.
Noting that the Central government has finalised around 5,000 vaccination sites across India, he said: “As per the instruction of the Central government, the Delhi government has prepared these 89 sites which are different hospitals of Delhi.
“At every centre, there will be 8-9 people who will handle the drive. With this preparation, the Delhi government will start the first phase of vaccination from January 16.” Jain said that the Delhi government will focus on the healthcare workers, frontline workers and then the people aged above 50 in the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination.
As many as 2,25,000 healthcare workers will get the vaccination in the first phase of the mammoth exercise and that the Delhi government will also include teachers in the exercise as they worked as frontline workers in the time of Covid-19 pandemic, he said.