Delhi: COVID vaccination centres to be open 24 hours amid spike in cases
The Delhi government issued an order on Monday asking the 34 hospitals to run one-third of the sites located in them (2 of 6 in each hospital) 24 hours for those who don’t have time to be inoculated in the day.
FollowNew Delhi: Coronavirus vaccination centres in Delhi will be operational 24 hours starting today, the state health ministry declared in order to speed up inoculations as the country sees a sharp spike in infections.
The Delhi government issued an order on Monday asking the 34 hospitals to run one-third of the sites located in them (2 of 6 in each hospital) 24 hours for those who don’t have time to be inoculated in the day.
“Now you can get vaccinated against Covid anytime in Delhi. The eligible people should come forward to get the jab. We will not allow any shortage of facilities in Delhi,” CM Arvind Kejriwal tweeted.
The need of the hour is to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible. To that effect, this move will certainly make it easier to take a jab for the working population, especially on weekdays.
One-third of Delhi Government's vaccination centres will be open in the capital from 9 pm to 9 am, the state health department said in an order. Earlier, vaccines were administered only from 9 am to 9 pm.
"In order to accelerate the pace of COVID vaccination, it has been decided that the timings of functioning of the COVID vaccination centres should be further increased," the order read.
"1/3rd of the vaccination sites in all the Delhi government hospitals will also function from 9.00 pm to 9.00 am," it read.
Over 4,000 cases were reported in Delhi on Sunday as India continues to see a surge in Covid cases for the past weeks. The country reported a record rise in infections today, becoming the second country after the United States to post more than a lakh new cases in a day.
