Third phase of vaccination may start by first week of March

Registration for third phase of COVID vaccination drive which includes senior citizens may start in the first week of March. Civic officials said they will first collect the data of senior citizens from all the wards and after that they will announce the date for the registration. However, the local government is waiting for a final decision from the Central government to start the registration for the senior citizens.

Suresh Kakani, Additional Municipal Commissioner, said the date for the registration has not been announced by that time they have planned to collate all the data they have collected during 'My Family My Responsibility' survey held last year.

“We have all the knowledge of the senior citizens but we'd like to ascertain who qualify as the beneficiaries for the third phase. We asked all the ward officers to submit details of all senior citizens in their respective wards before the registration windows are open for the third phase,” he said.

Kakani said they have also directed each ward to verify the documents of all the senior citizens required for registration for the vaccination.

SR CITIZENS INCLUDED