60,000 Delhi cops in line for Covid-19 vaccination
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Tuesday said they had completed the registration and updating the personal details of nearly 60,000 personnel of the force so far, with the process for the remaining 20,000 staff likely to be completed in a day or two.
The registration and details update drive by the city police for their personnel, who are among the list of front line workers, was started last week following Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s announcement that the Delhi government had identified 5.1 million people who will be the first to get the Covid-19 vaccine shots.
On December 28, Special Commissioner of Police (Operations) Muktesh Chander, who is the Covid-19 nodal officer for Delhi Police, had issued a notice along with the declaration form, asking all police personnel to update their age, mobile numbers and place of posting, apart from details of one or more comorbidities that they may be suffering from.
“The updated data of 70-75 % personnel from various departments has been received so far. We are expecting to complete the entire process by Wednesday. The data is now being uploaded on intradp, the internal network of the Delhi Police,” said special CP Chander, adding that the compiled list will be uploaded on the government’s Covid-19 vaccination portal.
About the process of vaccination, the special CP said that the personnel would receive SMS on their registered mobile numbers, asking them to be present at the vaccination centre nearest to their place of posting on the day they are called on.
At least 32 Delhi Police personnel have lost their lives due to Covid-19 since May last year, while 7,612 personnel in total so far have been infected.
Police step up security at vaccine centres
Anticipating that people, who are not being included in the first phase of vaccination, may turn up at centres and insist on getting the Covid-19 shots, adequate security arrangements is being put in place. Between 5 and 10 personnel will be deployed at each vaccination centre, depending upon how big the centre is and the number of people arriving there for vaccination, senior officials said.