New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a press conference on Friday before the third phase vaccination campaign against Coronavirus started. CM Kejriwal said that from May 1, people between 18-44 years old will start getting vaccinated. Many people have registered for this. We have not reached the vaccine yet. We are constantly in touch with the company. We hope to have 3 lakh Covishiled vaccines tomorrow or the day after. Please don’t queue up outside inoculation centres tomorrow. We will let you know as soon as the vaccine arrives.
In the next one-two days, around 3 lakh Covishield vaccines will be received and the drive for vaccinating people above 18 years will commence, he said during an online briefing.
The third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive to inoculate people in the 18-44 age group will roll out across the country on May 1. However, Delhi and some other states have said that they would be unable to do so due to the shortage of vaccine doses.
Kejriwal said his government has placed orders for 67 lakh doses each of Covishield and Covaxin in three months.
“We aim to vaccinate everyone in the next three months if a sufficient quantity of vaccines is supplied by the companies,” he said.
He assured Delhi residents that everyone will be vaccinated.
