5000 new doses added & slots created to provide people with vaccination facilities at affordable prices: Jalandhar DC
Jalandhar, May 30, 2021: District Administration Jalandhar has received an overwhelming response to its pilot project aimed at providing affordable vaccination services in the city as all 1000 slots were booked just within an hour after their opening. This information was shared by Jalandhar DC Ghanshyam Thori.
Given this tremendous response to its first-of-its-kind initiative, the district administration has decided to add 5000 more slots from Monday. The COVAXIN doses for these new slots have been procured by the district relief society.
Divulging the details, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that under this pilot project anyone above 18 years can pre-book their slots at www.citywoofer.com/event/vaccination-drive at an affordable price of Rs. 500 plus taxes, which is less than half of the price being charged in private hospitals for the same vaccine. He further added that the vaccination under this project is being administered in the premises of HMV, KVM, and Lyallpur Khalsa College between 10 am to 2 pm daily.
The DC stated that the project was launched with 1000 doses in stock, subsequently; all the slots were booked within one hour of its opening.
Thori mentioned that all citizens must carry their Aadhaar Card, confirmed booking slip, and other necessary documents with them while visiting any of the three-session sites for jab adding the registrations are non-transferable and cannot be changed once booked.