Summary:
Noida/Ghaziabad: At the end of the four-day tika utsav, Noida managed to inoculate just 38% of the 88,500 target set by the government.
Ghaziabad, too, failed to cross the 50% mark, vaccinating 49.1% of the recipients.
By Wednesday evening, Noida had vaccinated 33,513 recipients.
In Ghaziabad, 43,261 people had taken the shots.
While Noida had been set a target of 88,500, Ghaziabad had to inoculate 88,000 people.
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Noida/Ghaziabad: At the end of the four-day tika utsav, Noida managed to inoculate just 38% of the 88,500 target set by the government.
Ghaziabad, too, failed to cross the 50% mark, vaccinating 49.1% of the recipients.
By Wednesday evening, Noida had vaccinated 33,513 recipients.
In Ghaziabad, 43,261 people had taken the shots.
While Noida had been set a target of 88,500, Ghaziabad had to inoculate 88,000 people.
Officials in Noida said there was initial enthusiasm among residents on the first two days of the tika utsav, but turnouts began coming down from Tuesday onwards.
“Also, since navratri began on Tuesday, a majority of people chose to remain indoors for the rituals,” said a source in the health department.
Asked about the low turnout, Ghaziabad’s chief medical officer, NK Gupta, said, “Since most of our manpower is involved in Covid duty, it could be the reason why we fell short of the target.” In Noida, 9,170 people took the jabs on Wednesday.