16k individuals will probably be administered vaccine at 161 centres in Gujarat

Nearly 16,000 individuals chosen randomly will probably be vaccinated at 161 centres in 33 districts of Gujarat on Saturday as Covid-19 vaccination drive begins throughout the nation. The state has obtained 5,41,000 Covishield vaccines from the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune.
After 287 vaccination cubicles have been designated initially for the vaccine rollout, primarily in Ahmedabad and Rajkot districts, as was declared by Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on January 11, a revised plan and communication from the central well being ministry restricted it to 161 centres with live-streaming services that will probably be supervised by a minister and/or different leaders.

District and municipal company officers have been directed to provision 100 beneficiaries per web site, mentioned a well being official in Ahmedabad on situation of anonymity. As per a state well being division official, the discount in vaccination centres by greater than 100 such websites primarily got here “because we needed live-streaming facility”.
Nitin Patel who additionally holds the well being portfolio, had mentioned on January 11, “On January 16, across nearly 287 booths in Gujarat — most of them in Ahmedabad and Rajkot — the PM will interact with doctors, paramedical staff, etc. Across Gujarat nearly 25,000 booths (vaccination sites) have been prepared…”
From the preliminary plan to launch in two districts, the state will now see the drive launching from all 33 districts and eight municipal company areas round 10 am.
State immunisation officer Nayan Jani mentioned, “An estimated 100 health workers will be present at each site, so we can say that nearly 16,000 are expected to get vaccinated on the first day across Gujarat. Sunday will be an off day. Monday and Wednesdays are routine immunisation days, so we cannot disrupt that and hence Covid-19 vaccination is not planned for these two days. So technically after the first day of vaccination on January 16, the second day of vaccination is expected to be on January 19, Tuesday. When the vaccination sites will be scaled up and to how many, will be subject to guidelines issued by the central and state governments.”
Pulse polio drive, which was scheduled for January 17, has been postponed to January 31. Jani added, “The beneficiaries are selected randomly so we have health workers from everywhere, including private facilities, getting vaccinated on Saturday.”In Ahmedabad, the drive will kickstart from 23 websites, together with three in rural jurisdiction. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Patel will probably be current on the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital (ACH).
A supply at ACH mentioned that of the 100 beneficiaries deliberate, 10 have been chosen for picture ops and interactions with the PM and different political dignitaries, whereas for 90 others, the drive will proceed in regular course, in a separate space.
Other AMC jurisdiction vaccination websites embody VS Hospital the place Ahmedabad West MP Kirit Solanki will probably be current, Gujarat Cancer Society (GCS) Hospital the place Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank chairman Ajay Patel will probably be current, non-public hospital SMS Multi-speciality Hospital with Rajya Sabha MP Narhari Amin in attendance, amongst others.
In Vadodara, the place 94,500 doses of Covishield vaccine arrived on January 12, the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has scaled down the variety of centres to 6 from the sooner designated 11 centres the place 100 beneficiaries every will probably be administered the vaccine.
The centres embody civic-run SSG Hospital and Jamnabai hospital, two non-public hospitals — Satyam hospital in Chhani and BAPS Atladara, and two Urban Primary Health Centres in Kishanwadi and Maneja.
While Vadodara MP Ranjan Bhatt would be the visitor at Jamnabai, Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi will attend the drive at SSG Hospital. City BJP MLA Manisha Vakil and not too long ago re-elected Karjan BJP MLA Akshay Patel will attend the occasion at Kishanwadi and Maneja respectively, whereas Akota BJP MLA Seema Mohile and Sayajigunj BJP MLA Jitendra Sukhadia will probably be on the two non-public hospitals in Chhani and Atladara respectively.

Medical Officer for Health, Vadodara, Dr Devesh Patel, mentioned, “The list of beneficiaries has been drawn up from the list of health workers registered for the vaccination program. The centres have been reduced from 11 to six as per the order of the state government and we have been asked to set up a separate area for the dignitaries with a stage and LED screens, where Prime Minister’s interaction will be telecast live.”
Officials mentioned that the civic physique has been requested to order a rose every for the beneficiaries as a gesture of assist, which will probably be handed over by the elected representatives. A bunch of recipients, together with some docs, will probably be requested to work together with PM Modi throughout his stay session, the official mentioned.
A senior VMC official, answerable for logistics of the programme, mentioned, “The events that are simultaneously scheduled will take away a lot of manpower… so it was necessary to scale down the number of centres… We will have a bigger number of centres in the next round.”