The process of vaccinating the people of Uttarakhand for Covid-19 disease would commence on Saturday morning. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi would kick-start one of the biggest vaccination drives in the world at 10.30  am on the day. The drive in Uttarakhand would start on Saturday morning and the PM would himself monitor the vaccination at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital and Haldwani medical college via video conferencing session. He would also interact with the officers of the health department engaged in the drive.

In Uttarakhand a total of 34 vaccination sessions would be organised on the first day and a total of 3400 health workers would receive the vaccine jab on the day. The nodal officer and Mission Director National Health Mission (NHM), Sonika said that on the first day five vaccination sessions would be organised in Dehradun while in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar four such sessions each would be held. Three sessions would be organised in Nainital while the remaining nine districts would have two vaccination sessions each. Sonika further informed that 32 vaccine sessions would be organised in government hospitals ( including the All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS Rishikesh and Rishikul Ayurvedic university) while two sessions would be organised at private health facilities ( Himalayan hospital and SGRR Medical college) .

The Director General (DG) of state health services Dr Amita Upreti said that all preparations are complete for the vaccination and vaccine has safely reached all districts and they would  be available at all vaccine centres with the help of the cold chain system on Saturday morning. She added that all the districts have been directed to follow the guidelines of the government of India for vaccine. The norms of Covid Appropriate Behavior would be followed everywhere. The DG has also asked the Chief Medical Officers (CMO) that the second dose of vaccine is kept safe for the beneficiaries inoculated with the first dose.