List volunteers to take vaccine shots by midnight, govt tells healthcare facilities

Healthcare workers have begun submitting applications for Covid-19 vaccination. To expedite the process of enumerating the priority group for the vaccine when it becomes available in India, the Delhi government has asked all registered and unregistered healthcare facilities in the city to list their workers, including sanitation workers and security staff, by Saturday midnight. The government will then process the data and prepare a database for the rollout of the vaccination programme.

- ALOKKNMISHRA

New Delhi

“Enrolment is in full swing and many registered nursing homes and hospitals have already submitted the details of their employees,” said a government official on Friday. “We have also inserted a public notice in the newspapers to ask those who have so far not submitted the details to immediately do so.”

Delhi chief secretary Vijay Dev reviewed the enrolment exercise with senior officials on Thursday and was satisfied with the progress. The infection rate among healthcare workers of Delhi is fairly high due to exposure to the novel coronavirus and so the central government has prioritized their vaccination.