INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hyderabad: It will not be a doctor or a nurse who will get the first Covid-19 jab in the state
It will be a sanitation worker at Gandhi Hospital, the Covid-19 care centre of excellence in the city, when the vaccination drive begins on
the morning of January 16.At every one of the 139 vaccination centres, designated as session centres, in the state, it will be the safai
centre will inoculate 30 persons with their first dose
The number of people receiving the vaccine will increase with each day
It is expected that the second day will see 50 persons receiving their first vaccine dose, followed by 100 on day three and so on.Currently,
the plan is to hold the Covid-19 vaccination drive for four days a week with the other three days dedicated to the normal vaccination
programmes.Officials said that as on Wednesday, 3.3 lakh healthcare workers had registered their names to receive the vaccines
This sector of employees, both in government and private hospitals, will be the first to receive the vaccines, followed by staff in other
frontline departments such as the police, and then those older than 50 years and those younger than 50 but with comorbidities
General of India as being safe, the state health department has set up separate Covid-19 Vaccine ICU beds to handle any odd adverse
