Corporates, Residents Come Together For Vaccination Outreach In Delhi
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The world's largest vaccination drive was rolled out in India on January 16 and till April 2, over 6.75 vaccine doses have been administered.
Shishupal, 46, has been working at a unit of automotive manufacturer Toyota in Gurugram for the last 3 years. He spends eight hours everyday, cleaning cars and earns around Rs 10,000 each month. A major part of his salary is spent on rent and in sending money back to his family in a small town in Uttar Pradesh. He fears he might contract the coronavirus infection but would have preferred getting vaccinated only at a private hospital where he would have to pay for the jabs. However, Rs 500 for two vaccine doses was out of reach. Relief came in the form of a vaccination camp organised by his company on Friday in collaboration with Medanta Hospital where he received his first dose of Covishield for free. Speaking to NDTV, Shishupal said, "The camp here made things very easy for me since it's so readily accessible. Going all the way to a hospital would have taken a lot of effort and I was not considering doing it any time soon. Rs 250 per dose is too much for people like me who are economically weak. I was thinking that the vaccine has just been launched so it's expensive. I was going to wait a few more months in the hope that it would get cheaper." DT Naik, CEO of MGF Toyota, told NDTV, "Covid infections are increasing at a rapid rate and it was important to protect our workforce at the earliest. We had been waiting for the government to give us the approval and we are glad that we have been able to get it started. 1,200 employees will get vaccinated over the course of the next few days at this camp."More Related News