Unvaccinated people will not be allowed into public areas (File)
Ahmedabad:
Ahmedabad Citizens Authority, in an effort to promote Covid vaccination, has announced a lucky draw – the winner will receive a smartphone worth Rs 60,000 if he or she is fully vaccinated. both doses.
Those who make their second hit between December 1st and December 7th will be eligible for the program and a winner will be announced through a lucky draw, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for know in a statement Wednesday.
The city’s civic agency occasionally rolls out plans to entice people who are eligible for vaccinations to get their second dose to meet the goal of 100% vaccination.
AMC had previously distributed packages of cooking oil to thousands of beneficiaries, especially from the slums of the city.
So far, 78.7 thousand people have received their vaccine dose in the city, including 47.7 thousand people who have received the first dose and 31.0 thousand people who have received both injections, the Ministry of Health of AMC said.
The AMC said those who have not received even one dose of the vaccine and those who have reached a second dose will be barred from entering public areas, such as gardens, zoos and museums, as well as residential and commercial areas. private commerce.
Effective Wednesday, the citizenship agency has also restricted the entry of such persons into community/municipal health centers and hospitals it operates, the civil service said.
AMC has set up points at the entrances of all its medical centers and hospitals to check the immunization status of visitors. If a visitor (with the exception of one patient) is due for a vaccination, they will be vaccinated at the center before being allowed into the facility, it said.
Even patients who are suffering from other illnesses, who are due for vaccinations, will be advised to get the injections after they recover and their vaccination status will be recorded in their medical records, it added. .
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