Gurugram, Dec 17 : The district administration of Gurugram said on Thursday that the Covid-19 vaccination drive may start in the district by January.
For this, a training program was also organised at the Mini-Secretariat on Thursday.
According to an official release of the district administration, initially this vaccine will be given to corona warriors in a phased manner.
In the first phase, the vaccine will be given to health workers, officers and employees associated with health services.
In the second phase, it will be provided to frontline Covid warriors like Policemen, Civil Defence and Armed Forces personnel.
In the third phase, it will be given to elderly persons aged 50 years or more.
After that the vaccine will be given to those who are under 50 years of age or are already suffering from various ailments.
Dr. Virendra Yadav, a civil surgeon who was present at the training session, said a training program was organised about the procedure of giving vaccines and preparations related to it.
More than 40 physicians participated in it. These included Community Health Center (CHC), Primary Health Centre (PHC), Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC), Poli Clinic, Dispensary and Physicians of Civil Hospital.
"The vaccination process would be monitored through the Covid portal.
The process of preparing data of Covid warriors has started on this portal, on which a data of health workers of 40 to 50 thousand government and private hospitals have been uploaded so far," Yadav informed.
He said that the fight against Corona is still going on and the staff of the Health Department are on the front line in this fight.
According to the instructions of the government, the vaccine has been planned to be given in different stages so that the vaccine can be given in a systematic manner.
Yadav informed that separate teams will be formed to give vaccinations. Five members will be placed in a team consisting of a police, home guard or civil defence personnel along with a doctor and a member for an online portal monitoring.
"This team of five vaccinators will provide vaccines to a group of 100 people. Particular attention will be taken to social distance during this process. The person who is vaccinated will be informed through SMS on his mobile in advance so that this work can be done in a planned manner," Yadav said.
The officer further stated that at the time of vaccination, the person information that came for the vaccination will be matched with the online Covid portal.
Vaccination will be given on getting the correct information and the person will be kept in the observation room for some time.
"We have given all the necessary guidelines to all the officials about the process of vaccination, proper distance between people is necessary.
Entry and exit will be arranged separately during this time," Yadav added.
--IANS
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Source: IANS
