Covid-19 Vaccine: Only 100 People Per Day To Get Vaccinated At Booths, Says Union Minister Ashwini Choubey

Union Minister Ashwini Choubey has said that each day only 100 people will be inoculated in booths once the Covid-19 vaccination drive begins in India.

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New Delhi: Union minister Ashwini Choubey has said regarding Covid-19 vaccination drive in the country that only 100 people will be vaccinated per day and that everyone will be inoculated. India is gearing up to start vaccinating people soon. Pharma companies such as US-based Pfizer, Pune- Based Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech which is developing the indigenous vaccine candidate Covaxin, have applied for emergency use approvals from regulatory bodies. Choubey has also said that they are soon going to start sending equipment for handling the vaccine to states. "We are going to start the process of sending necessary equipment for storage & handling of COVID-19 vaccine to states. Only 100 people will be given the vaccine at a booth per day. Everyone will get the vaccine," said Ashwini Choubey, Union Minister of State for Health in a tweet by ANI. The Health Ministry had also said on Sunday that the number of people per session may go up as high as 200 people if logistics allow. The Ministry also released a document titled 'Covid-19 Vaccines Operational Guidelines'. The 112-page document contains guidelines for inoculation drive whenever a vaccine is available "Anticipating that COVID-19 vaccine may soon be available, GoI is preparing for its introduction in the country so that it can be expeditiously rolled out when available. One of the milestones in this direction has been the constitution of a National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC). The NEGVAC guides on all aspects of COVID-19 vaccine introduction in India," the Health Ministry said. The document also stated, "One session for 100 beneficiaries. While most of the healthcare and frontline workers would be vaccinated at fixed session sites, vaccination of other high-risk populations may require outreach session sites, and mobile sites and teams."