MARGAO
As many as 410 citizens 60-plus age group, including a couple of persons in their 90s, took the Covid jabs at the TB hospital, atop Monte Hill, on day two of the vaccination drive for the elderly.
Nodal officer for Covid vaccination, T B Hospital, Dr Ira Almeida, said the health teams have not received a single complaint of any side effect from any of the senior citizens, who took the jab on Monday.
Around 208 senior citizens had availed the jabs at the TB hospital on Monday.
“On both days, we have vaccinated senior citizens, who were in their 90s. We had monitored their health condition after the dose. We did not see any adverse side effects in any of the elderly persons,” Dr Ira added.
The vaccination centre at the TB hospital on Tuesday vaccinated around 430 persons, including 410 senior citizens, 12 persons who received the second dose and eight persons with co-morbidity.
To meet the challenge, Dr Ira said the TB hospital vaccination centre had increased the number of vaccinators from one to five to clear the rush of persons wanting to take the jab.
When the vaccination had started at the TB hospital, the number of persons registered was capped at 100 per day.
While the two-day exercise of vaccinating senior citizens in the 60-plus age group without registration on the portal ended on Tuesday, the TB hospital and other centres will carry on the ongoing vaccination exercise for the health and frontline workers.
