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Kejriwal told the press conference that Corona’s condition in Delhi has improved. The number of infected people has also reduced considerably and the number of people recovering from this has also increased. Sick people are recovering and going home. Now people are waiting for the corona vaccine.
Three categories of people will get the vaccine as a priority The Delhi government has made full arrangements to provide vaccines to the people of the capital. The Delhi government is fully prepared to take the vaccine from the center, store it and then distribute it. The Center has given priority to vaccine to three types of people. Health workers are the first among them numbering around 3 lakh in Delhi. The second number includes frontline workers such as police, sweepers, etc., whose number in Delhi is around 6 lakhs.
A total of 51 lakh people will be vaccinated in the first phase
The third category is people above 50 years of age or those who are less than 50 years old but have already had diabetes, kidney or heart disease. The number of such people is about 42 lakhs in Delhi. In this way a total of 51 lakh people fall in the priority category. These people will be given the vaccine first.
Vaccination will be on the basis of registration, the government is increasing the capacity of vaccine storage
Almost all these people have been identified. A person will take two doses of vaccine, so a total of one crore two lakh doses will be required. We currently have a capacity to store 74 lakh doses. When the vaccine comes, the people who have been registered will be called and vaccinated, you do not have to worry, the government will call you itself.
Places have also been marked
Wherever vaccination is to be done in Delhi, preparations are also being made. A team of five people will be deployed at one location. All those people have been trained. All preparations have been completed.
Preparation for the treatment that will be done if there are any side effects
Kejriwal also said that if someone has a side effect from the vaccine, then a specialist and other medical staff have been arranged for it. Will be treated immediately.
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