AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s health department has administered the first dose of Covid vaccination to 99% of the city’s population eligible for vaccination while 50% of the population has received both doses.
“The city’s 46.24 lakh population is at the age of 18 and above who are eligible to get the vaccine. AMC which started vaccination mid-January has administered the first dose to 45.75 lakh of the population (99%) while 23.30 lakh (50%) people have received both the doses so far,” said AMC’s medical health officer Bhavin Solanki. He added that the civic body aims at completing administration of the first vaccination dose by Diwali, which falls in the first week of November.
The official said there are around 50,000 people whose second dose vaccination deadline passed a month ago but they still have not taken the second jab. “We are calling these people repeatedly to remind them to get their second dose,” Solanki said.
Starting September 17, AMC set up vaccination booths at AMTS, BRTS stands, at civic centres, community centres, at shopping malls and hospitals. The civic body also started doorstep vaccination service last week for people with disabilities and for those aged 50 and above. AMC has also deployed five AMTS and two BRTS buses as mobile vaccination centres.
