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Lucknow will complete a mega vaccination drive on Monday determined to inoculate one lakh individuals. These will be the most elevated vaccinations in a solitary day since the beginning of the mass inoculation campaign in January this year. The record so far is 93,436 vaccinations on August 27. According to District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash, the drive will be completed at 160 vaccination habitats. 

He said that the state specialists have set an objective of controlling 86,400 portions in Lucknow on Monday, yet the district organization and the health department have made arrangements to immunize over a lakh individuals. 

District vaccination officer Dr. M.K. Singh, said, "As many as 160 vaccination sites have been made in which 461 booths will carry out the drive. Of the total sites, 104 will be special camps that are also known as Workplace Covid Vaccination Centres. These camps will be organized at religious places, government offices, residential apartments, schools, and colleges."

"Walk-in registration facility will be available to those who are unable to book a slot in advance. These people will have to produce a government-recognized photo ID proof at the center. While 40 percent of the doses will be reserved for the walk-in category, 60 percent shots will be given to those who book slots online,"  he added. 

The special vaccination camps coordinated at strict spots of different religions in the city have given a significant lift to the vaccination drive against Covid-19. 

They represent almost 10% of the all-out 28.2 lakh Covid dosages managed in Lucknow up until now. 

There are 19 such special camps in the state capital, with the most noteworthy, 77,156 shots, directed at the stalls set up at Eidgah Aishbagh, trailed by Naka Gurdwara (48,520), Chhota Imambara (30,020), Sant Nirankari Bhawan (17,183), Sadar Gurdwara (15,745) and Radha Swami Satsang (6,299). The leftover 13 spots are likewise managing portions. 

Eidgah Imam Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahali said,"We took the initiative and got ourselves inoculated first, which helped in diluting hesitancy among people, particularly minorities. Vaccination drive has not stopped here even for a single day since the rollout."