Mega COVID-19 vaccination drive in Lucknow today targets 1 lakh jabs

Lucknow District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash said the drive will be carried out at 160 vaccination centres, adding that the state authorities have set a target of administering 86,400 doses in the district today.  

New Delhi: In a bid to vaccinate one lakh people, the Lucknow district administration will carry out a mega COVID-19 vaccination drive on Monday (September 6). It will be the highest inoculations in a single day since the start of the mass immunisation campaign in January this year. So far, the record is 93,436 vaccinations on August 27. District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash told IANS that the drive will be carried out at 160 vaccination centres, adding that the state authorities have set a target of administering 86,400 doses in Lucknow on Monday, but the district administration and the health department has made preparations to inoculate over a lakh people. District immunisation officer Dr MK Singh, told IANS, "As many as 160 vaccination sites have been made in which 461 booths will carry out the drive. Of the total sites, 104 will be special camps that are also known as Workplace Covid Vaccination Centres. These camps will be organised at religious places, government offices, residential apartments, schools and colleges."