Gurugram rectifies fake vaccine registrations

Delhi | Tuesday | 23rd February, 2021

Summary:

Gurugram: After a relatively low turnout of healthcare workers taking their Covid-19 vaccine — as reflected by initial data of the Gurugram Health Department, officials have now said there were as many as 9,000 "fake registrations" for vaccines that were responsible for the low turnout. After correcting this error, the total registrations for the vaccine had dropped to around 28,000 - increasing the turnout percentage. Senior officials aware of developments said that the "fake registrations" were cases where they noticed the same person had been registered for a shot multiple times. "We have found certain fake registration in terms of health workers that has been corrected. In addition to health workers, Gurugram has vaccinated around 13,878 frontline workers from the police, law enforcement agencies and other public agencies..