Sputnik administered at govt vaccination centre from July 10

With this initiative, the Gurugram district will be among the first ones across Haryana, where the Russian-made vaccine will be administered at government facilities.

Sputnik-V (representational image)

IANS | Gurugram | July 10, 2021:  The Gurugram health department will start administering the Russian-made vaccine against Covid-19, Sputnik V, from Saturday (July 10) at the government polyclinic sector-31 without any charge, officials said on Friday.

With this initiative, the Gurugram district will be among the first ones across Haryana, where the Russian-made vaccine will be administered at government facilities.

Officials said the health department has made the necessary arrangements for administering Sputnik V.

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Gurugram, Virender Yadav, said that the vaccination drive will be stated at 12.00 at the government polyclinic sector-31 and 50 doses will be available on the first day.

The vaccine will be administered free of cost on a first-come-first-serve basis. The second dose of the jab will be given after 21 days”.

Yadav informed that the health department has made all the necessary arrangements for the storage of Sputnik V.

“We have placed deep freezers to maintain the temperature required Sputnik V at the Polyclinic in Sector 31, Civil Hospital in Sector 10, Wazirabad Community Health Centre, and the sub-divisional government hospitals in Sohna and Pataudi which was provided by the district administration,” Yadav told IANS.

Meanwhile, Out of the total 15,35,573 doses administered to the people in Gurugram, 14,248 doses were given on Friday.  

(https://www.thestatesman.com/india/gurugram-sputnik-will-be-administered-at-govt-vaccination-centre-from-july-10-1502980222.html)  

Sakshi Dayal | IE  | Gurgaon :  Gurgaon, on Sunday, became the first district in the country to administer the Sputnik V vaccine at government health centres, said officials from the health department.

According to officials, the vaccine, which was launched at the Polyclinic in Sector 31, has been provided by Doctors For You. “The organisation has provided 5,000 doses of the vaccine so far, and 15,000 more will be made available in the next few days,” said Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg.

Officials from the health department added that people who get the first dose of Sputnik V can get the second dose between 21 to 28 days.

“In the next few days, as soon as another 15,000 doses of Sputnik V are received, the health department is planning to begin administering it at other health centres as well. Residents of the district will be informed about this soon,” said Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr MP Singh, who is also the nodal officer of the vaccination campaign in the district.

Speaking at the launch of the vaccine on Saturday, Additional Chief Secretary Rajiv Arora said, “Until now, the people of Gurgaon were being given doses of Covishield and Covaxin. 

From today, however, Sputnik-V has also become available to the public. Gurgaon is doing its best regarding the vaccination campaign but we need to increase the pace of vaccination because each resident should have received at least one dose of the vaccine before the third wave predicted by the experts.”

A total of 15,54,026 people have received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine in Gurgaon so far, which means 89.2 per cent of the ‘potential population’ of the district has been inoculated with at least one dose.

Over the last six days, however, the pace of vaccination has slowed down as the district health department faces a massive shortage of vaccines. Vaccination has, however, been proceeding as usual at private hospitals.

( https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/gurgaon-sputnik-v-first-district-in-india-7398498/)