Summary:
Noida/Ghaziabad: On the first day of tika utsav, 6,189 people were inoculated in Gautam Budh Nagar that had a target of 18,500 for the day.
Of the 6,189 recipients, 4,997 were in the 45-59 years age group and the rest were above 60.
In all, 71 centres carried out the drive, including 49 government facilities.
Although 40 private hospitals were expected to take part in the drive, only 22 facilities gave jabs on Sunday and 2,550 people took the jabs there.
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Noida/Ghaziabad: On the first day of tika utsav, 6,189 people were inoculated in Gautam Budh Nagar that had a target of 18,500 for the day.
Of the 6,189 recipients, 4,997 were in the 45-59 years age group and the rest were above 60.
In all, 71 centres carried out the drive, including 49 government facilities.
Although 40 private hospitals were expected to take part in the drive, only 22 facilities gave jabs on Sunday and 2,550 people took the jabs there.
Ghaziabad, with a target of 18,000 fared better and 8,112 people were vaccinated on Sunday across 89 centres (68 were government facilities).
Of the 39 private hospitals that were supposed to inoculate people, 18 did not administer the vaccine.
In all, 791 people were inoculated in private hospitals and 7,321 people got the jabs at 68 government centres.