Assam
An elderly person receiving the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Mangaldai

The Dhubri district administration is gearing up to inoculate 15,000 people per day during enhanced Covid-19 vaccination drive from June 21.

Deputy commissioner Anbamuithamn MP directed the authorities concerned to organize the enhanced vaccination drive during a district level meeting held at the DC office on Saturday.

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The Assam government has targeted to inoculate 3 lakhs persons daily during the vaccination drive that will begin in the state as well as the entire country from June 21.

โ€œThe target is high, but is required to protect more lives. We need to scale up vaccination at the earliest  in the greater interest of the common people,โ€ said Anbamuthan.

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The vaccination will be conducted in 82 centres across the district and a maximum of 200 beneficiaries can be inoculated per day at each vaccination centre by facilitating on-the-spot registration.

Senior citizens will be given first preference at each centre.

Beneficiaries also need not undergo Covid-19 tests prior to getting vaccinated and all vaccination centres will remain open till all people arriving there receive the Covid-19 vaccine.

โ€œWe have selected 82 centers for conducting the mega vaccination drive and it will be further extended to 100 across the district,โ€ said a senior official.

According to available data, a total of 1,42,226 people have so far been vaccinated, of which 1,08,446 are received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and 33,780 people received the second dose in Dhubri district.

Mukesh Kr Singh is Northeast Now Correspondent in Dhubri. He can be reached at: [email protected]