Over 36K to be vaccinated at mega vaccination drive
The Hindu
It is a joint initiative of a private hospital and Cyberabad police
A mega COVID-19 vaccination camp will be organised by Medicover Hospitals at Hitex exhibition grounds in Madhapur here on Sunday, in what will perhaps be the largest such in the country till date. At least 36,000 beneficiaries would be administered vaccine in a single day as part of this joint initiative by the hospital, Cyberabad police and the Society for Cyberabad Security Council. For this drive, registrations were done in advance and no spot registrations will be allowed. Around 45% of the 34,000 prospective beneficiaries who had registered until Saturday evening were young women. The hospital management is anticipating 40,000 to 50,000 registrations, and said that they have capacity to vaccinate 50,000 people in a day. The vaccine doses have been procured by the hospital group itself. All the beneficiaries would be administered only Covaxin. The cost of vaccination has been set at ₹1,400, including ₹140 for administering the jab.
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