The Greater Chennai Corporation will organize vaccination camps on Sunday from 7 am to 7 pm at 1,600 locations, utilizing the services of 11,200 volunteers and 4,800 employees from various government departments. At least 3.25 lakh residents are expected to be vaccinated in the city on Sunday.
Corporation commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi has asked the college principals to provide their premises for the camps and mobilize the students and family members for the camps.
However, on Sunday, several campuses have been marked for NEET in the city. Consequently, the corporation plans to vaccinate a large number of residents at 1,200 other locations through mobile teams. Additional doctors have been requested from the health department, and private hospitals will send nurses for drives.
Each stable team will target 400 vaccinations at two locations. Vaccination camps will also be organized in private hospitals and the employees of the corporation have been asked to ensure that the vaccines are administered without any money.
In the morning mobile teams will focus on vaccination of visitors in market areas. In the evening mobile teams will visit malls and parks for vaccination.
A total of 245 sanitation inspectors teams including volunteers, ICDS, NULM staff, malaria control staff, tax collectors and assessors will supervise the camps.
Mobilization has also been planned through representatives of political parties. The sanitation workers of the corporation on Sunday announced to organize mega vaccination camps in each residential locality.
The corporation has sent SMS to the residents who have to take their second dose. Residents are requested to check the locations online or call the helpline 1913.
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