New Delhi: As the countrymen have been eagerly waiting for the coronavirus vaccine, the nation's first Covid-19 vaccination centre has been set up in a maternity home in Srinivaspuri area of South Delhi.
SDMC councillor for Srinivaspuri Rajpal Singh, who supervised the set up of the vaccination centre, said the vaccination drive would start within 10 minutes, once the centre received its first batch of vaccine.
To know the process of vaccination, ETV Bharat on Wednesday visited the Srinivaspuri Covid-19 vaccination centre and observed that the centre has been divided into three rooms.
1. Waiting Room
2. Vaccination Room
3. Observation Room
As per the operation plan, patients will get the vaccine from 9 am to 5 pm.
Plan to shot vaccine
- Those who come for vaccination have to enter the waiting room, which is marked as 'counter number-1' to get the registration and identification process done.
- Once the officer verifies the person, he will have to wait at the 'counter number-2' for their turn.
- Then the person has to enter the vaccination room, which is marked as 'counter-3', where a vaccination officer will inject the vaccine.
- As it has been observed that some people felt sick after being vaccinated, the observation room will help them under the doctor's observation for the next 30 minutes.
If all things go well, the person can take the exit from the vaccination centre.
While speaking to ETV Bharat, SDMC councillor Singh said that he is very happy that he got a chance to serve the people of the country at the time of the deadly pandemic.
"I feel very fortunate that I have been able to serve the people of our country when they are in need. All the staffs were already trained and capable to handle more than 1,000 persons in a day", said Singh.
When asked about any data of the people picked for the dose in the first phase, the Srinivaspuri councillor said that Centre has shared a data related to the vaccination and asked him of suggesting more names related to the priority of his area.
Earlier this month, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan had said that India may begin vaccinating people against COVID-19 from January and the government's first priority has been safety and efficacy of the vaccine. According to the Health Ministry, there are nine COVID-19 vaccine candidates in different phases of clinical trials in India -- six are under clinical trials and three in the pre-clinical phase.
