Senior citizens respond to vaccination drive enthusiastically at Dwarka

New Delhi: The country is still under the coronavirus pandemic as many people are still sufering due to the deadly disease. In the present scenario, the only hope for millions of people are Covid-19 vaccines. People are reading and learning more about this vaccine.

As far as the vaccination drive is concerned, the second phase has already been started on March 1. Under this, people over 60 and above, also people above 45 years of age having illness are eligible for the coronavirus vaccines.

CitySpidey talked to people to see how they are responding to the second phase of vaccination drive. Residents of Dwarka, Vipul Rani and Jitendra Kumar were waiting patiently for their turn to get vaccines.

Their son, Vishal Gupta informed that he didn't ask his parents for vaccination but his father himself told him to book the slot for vaccination. The couple has already got their vaccines and they are doing alright. Only his mother got a slight fever.

“I had a fever and bodyache after taking vaccine. But after taking medicines three times a day, my situation improved,” said a resident Naveen Goel. Another resident of the area, US Tandon said that he experienced a little tightness and mild pain in skin around the area where he received the jab. He said that he is fine now.

“Around 20 people from Seniors Hub Dwarka took vaccines today at Manipal Hospital. Another group is expected tomorrow at 11 am. The management at the hospital is executing the vaccination drive quite successfully,” SS Gupta, another resident of the area.