Need 2.6 crores extra doses, can vaccinate complete Delhi inside 3 months: Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday stated that the Delhi administration wants three crore COVID-19 vaccine doses to manage all residents above the age of 18 inside three months.

“If we get satisfactory vaccine doses, we are able to full vaccination inside 3 months. There’re 1.5 crore folks above 18 years of age in Delhi so we want 3 crore doses. Out of this, the Delhi authorities has received solely 40 lakh doses up to now. The CM stated, presently, it’s inoculating 1 lakh folks in a day however the authorities is planning to extend it to three lakh folks daily.

“A lot of people from neighbouring cities – Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Sonipat, Gurgaon, Noida – are coming to Delhi to get their Covid shots because they’re liking the arrangements here. But we do not have enough vaccines. If we get doses in the right quantity, we can vaccinate the entire national capital in three months,” he stated.

He additional stated that Delhi is vaccinating folks within the age group of 18-44 in about 100 faculties for now. This quantity might be elevated to 250-300.

“If Delhi government is given 80-85 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine per month, then we can vaccinate 3 lakh people daily. As of now, we are have arranged vaccination drive in 100 schools and incoming days it will be increased to 250-300,” Kejriwal stated.

He additionally stated that to scale up the method and effectively vaccinate everyone, the Delhi authorities wants 80-85 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine per thirty days, to finish vaccination inside three months.