Health department claims a massive boost in the vaccination drive

The health department in Vadodara has started shelling out vaccines to citizens above 45 years of age. After opening up the vaccine to people above the age of 45, the first dose of the vaccine was administered to 9,535 citizens on the first day.

Corona vaccination campaign has been given a push to protect against the spread of Covid-19 in Vadodara. The vaccination drive has been speeded up by the Vadodara District Health System under the guidance of District Collector Shalini Agarwal and District Development Officer Kiran Zaveri.

Under the vaccination campaign so far, a total of 1,36,143 citizens in the district have been vaccinated. Chief District Health Officer Dr. Surendra Jain said, “The work of giving corona vaccine is going on in full swing at more than 200 centers in the rural areas of Vadodara district. Elders of the age group of 60+ and citizens above the age of 45 years are taking advantage of these arrangements.” “So far in Vadodara district, the first dose of corona vaccine has been given to a total of 1,36,143 citizens”, he further added.

To provide an update for area-specific data as well, Dr. Jain said that under the vaccination campaign in Vadodara district, a total of 1,36,143 citizens, including 16568 in Dabhoi taluka, 5916 in Desar, 14459 in Karjan, 25620 in Padra, 14402 in Savli, 7187 in Vadodara, and 35530 in Waghodia taluka have been given the vaccine.

To prevent fake news and rumours about the vaccine, the vaccinators also guide the vaccine-takers regarding the precautions and the necessary medicines to be taken in case of minor or major side effects like fever or body aches. So far, almost no incidents of side effects have been reported.

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Shlok Talati