Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that about 8,100 healthcare workers will be vaccinated on Saturday, the day the countrywide coronavirus vaccination drive will begin.
“On the first day on January 16, people will be vaccinated at 81 centres,” the chief minister said at a virtual briefing. “Everyday almost 100 people will be vaccinated.”
Kejriwal said that people will be given the jabs on four day a week – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. “Apart from these, there are two days when regular vaccine is given,” he said. “We do not want the vaccines from diseases to suffer. One day [the remaining day] is Sunday.”
The chief minister said that vaccination will begin at 81 centres on Saturday and the number of centres will be increased after a few days to 175 and finally to 1,000. Kejriwal said that Delhi has completed all the preparations for the vaccination programme.
He said that the Delhi government has received 2.74 lakh doses of the vaccine so…