Hyderabad, Aug 25: As many as 585 colonies in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) area have been declared as 100 percent vaccinated with a cumulative number of 47,104 persons vaccinated with the first dose and 7,304 persons vaccinated with the second dose.
A total of 4,182 personnel are deployed from GHMC and 1,639 from the Health Department. 594 vehicles have been pressed into service for mobile vaccination at the colony level, an official release said here today.
Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, who visited the vaccination center at Pariwar Township, Uppuguda, Chandrayana Gutta, in the city today, appealed to the people to utilize this opportunity provided by the government, get themselves vaccinated, and also requested the public representatives to motivate them to get vaccinated.
The Chief Secretary enquired with the officials about the pace of vaccination in the area.
Officials informed that a door-to-door survey is completed and eligible persons who are yet to receive the first dose have been identified for being covered in today’s vaccination camp in the colony.
Local representatives assured the Chief Secretary that 100 percent vaccination will be done in this area by the end of this month.
GHMC and Health department has taken up a special mop-up drive to ensure that 100 percent of the eligible people are provided with their first dose of vaccination.
A colony-wise approach has been adopted wherein door-to-door survey and vaccination camps at the colony level are being organised.
Health Secretary S.A.M.Rizvi, GHMC Commissioner Lokesh Kumar, Hyderabad Collector Sharman, and other officials were present during the visit. (UNI)