NOIDA: The state government has set the Gautam Budh Nagar administration a target of vaccinating 1.6 lakh people in the next round of the drive from April 1, when those aged above 45 would be inoculated. The district health department has decided to devise a micro plan for the same after Holi. An estimated target of 40,500 vaccinations will be carried out every week as per the new order.

“Following UP government’s March 23 order, we have been given a target of 1.62 lakh inoculations in April. Our micro plan will include the number of centres and session sites,” said Dr Neeraj Tyagi, district immunisation officer, in-charge of vaccinations in GB Nagar. According to Dr Tyagi, the vaccination drive in April will not require a comorbidity certificate for people aged 45-59 years. The vaccination target will be ramped up from 7,000-8,000 per day, officials said.

“We will increase the daily target to 10,000 for Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays and 3,500 for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. This will cover the 40,500 per week target for the district,” said Dr Tyagi. On March 23, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that everyone above 45 years of age will be vaccinated from April 1 and appealed to all eligible citizens to get themselves registered to get the shots. Following the announcement, the state government drew up data of 1.62 lakh recipients in GB Nagar based on the voter registration data of the district.

Alert over celebrations around Holi

No vaccinations were administered in Noida on Sunday. Also, the vaccine centres will be shut on Monday on account of Holi. However, the chief medical officer directed all emergency services, staff and doctors to remain on alert on both days. The district health department will continue targeted and random samplings especially with public movement expected during the festival.

“All emergency services will remain active with adequate doctors and staff on duty across over 50 government medical facilities and hospitals in both rural and urban areas of the district. These include all five CHCs, 33 PHCs and 15 Urban Health Centres (UHCs) along with District Hospital, Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), Child PGI and ESIC hospital,” said Dr Deepak Ohri, chief medical officer (GB Nagar). The CMO informed that 32 ambulances will be deployed in the district on the day of Holi.

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