Following the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to further augment the vaccination drive by observing “Teeka Utsav” from April 11 to April 14, the Haryana Health Department had set up 1,627 Covid-19 Vaccination Centres which administered 1,13,917 vaccine doses to the beneficiaries on Sunday in the State.

Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Rajeev Arora said that the Health Department has administered 1,13,917 Covid-19 vaccine doses on Sunday thereby enhancing the consolidated number of vaccine doses administered till date to 24,69,233 doses.

On the Covid-19 vaccine roll out plan, Arora said that, with an aim to ensure that the vaccine is administered to a maximum number of people, the Department had set up more Vaccination Centres across the state.

He elaborated that these Centres have been strategically placed in highly populated areas across the state and even in the rural areas to ensure maximum penetration of the vaccine so as to curtail the spread of highly contagious COVID-19 virus. Most of the beneficiaries were above 45 years of age, he added.

On the administration of vaccines to Health Care Workers (HCWs), Frontline Workers (FLWs) and others, Arora said that 191251 HCWs have been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and around 117123  HCWs have been administered the second dose.

Sharing the details of the Frontline Workers (FLWs) he said that 122226 FLWs have been administered the first dose of the vaccine and 47446 FLWs have been administered the second dose. Also, around 19,90,399  lakh doses of vaccine have been administered to beneficiaries above 45 years till today, he added.