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Ahmedabad, Oct 24 (PTI) More than 2,000 elderly and differently-abled people have so far received their COVID-19 vaccine doses at home in Gujarat"s Ahmedabad city, as part of the local civic body"s special drive to achieve the target of 100 per cent inoculation, officials said on Sunday.
Under its mega COVID-19 vaccination drive, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on October 7 launched this special facility for those above the age of 50 years and differently-abled people aged 18 and above.
"Till date, a total of 2,077 beneficiaries have availed the facility of getting their first or second doses of COVID-19 vaccine at their homes," an AMC official said.
He said so far, 2,536 such people have registered for the facility online or by calling on helpline numbers provided by the city civic body.
"Anybody (from the categories specified above) who wants to get the vaccination against COVID-19 done at home can get registered online or on phone numbers provided by the AMC.
The zonal health department will verify their registration and send a team of health officials to their houses on the date and time (between 9 am and 7 pm in a day) provided by the beneficiaries," the official said.