Ahmedabad Nov 24 PTI Gujarats Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation AMC has formed 100 teams to ensure that its no vaccine-no entry rule is being implemented in the city to prohibit those people who have not taken anti-coronavirus vaccine doses so far from visiting public places like malls and restaurants an official said on Wednesday The civic body launched the drive on Tuesday evening to identify and warn unvaccinated people he said Out of the 3000 people that these teams checked inside several malls hotels and restaurants on day one they caught 28 people who were yet to get either the second dose or both the doses he added The drive was launched across the city by the Solid Waste Management SWM department of the corporation from Tuesday evening and will continue in the coming days to ensure that eligible people take COVID-19 vaccine doses said H J Solanki director of the SWM department Last month the AMC had asked the management of malls commercial complexes hotels and restaurants to restrict the entry of those who have not taken the anti-coronavirus vaccine doses The civic body had ordered that people above 18 years of age who have not taken their second or even the first dose must not be allowed to enter such private establishments In order to check if this rule is being followed the AMC has formed 100 teams for all the seven zones of the city and launched a drive from Tuesday evening he said adding that these teams visited nearly 180 establishments such as malls hotels and restaurants in the city from Tuesday evening and caught 28 persons who had entered these places without taking either both the doses or the second dose said Solanki We warned these 28 people and asked them to take their doses at the earliest In all our teams checked nearly 3000 persons inside these malls hotels and restaurants yesterday Our drive will continue in the coming days Solanki said A top health official of the AMC had on Tuesday admitted that at least four lakh residents of Ahmedabad city have not taken the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine despite being eligible for the same To ensure 100 per cent vaccination the AMC has already launched a door-to-door survey to trace those people who have not taken the doses the civic bodys medical officer of health Dr Bhavin Solanki had said As per an official release the AMC has administered 7727 lakh doses so far including 4743 lakh first and 2983 lakh second jabs PTI PJT NP NP

Ahmedabad Nov 23 PTI At least 4 lakh residents of Gujarats Ahmedabad city have not taken the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine despite being eligible for the same a civic official said on Tuesday To ensure 100 per cent vaccination the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation AMC has launched a door-to-door survey to trace people who have not taken both doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 the AMCs medical officer of health Dr Bhavin Solanki said We have formed 150 teams to conduct a door-to-door survey to trace people who have not taken the vaccine against COVID-19 despite being eligible for it Till now our health teams have surveyed 30000 households and identified 3000 persons who have not taken both doses Solanki said The door-to-door exercise is in addition to the computerised data already available with the AMCs health department to identify fully and partially vaccinated residents of the city he said The data also provides information about people who have taken vaccines at private facilities he added Our data suggests that nearly 4 lakh people in the city have not taken the second dose despite being eligible for it During the survey our teams have made a separate entry about such people and are making necessary arrangements to get them fully vaccinated the official said As per an official release the AMC has administered 7706 lakh doses so far including 4739 lakh first and 2966 lakh second jabs During the ongoing drive 4264 persons were given the first dose while 19027 took the second jab on Monday at both government and private facilities in the city the release stated PTI PJT ARU ARU