<p>The Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital has been identified as the city's first storage facility for Covid-19 vaccine.</p>.<p>B L Sherwal, the managing director of the hospital, said a team from the Union Health Ministry has surveyed the building and approved it.</p>.<p>"The Delhi government had asked us to provide space to store vaccines. We have a three-storeyed building which can be used for this purpose. It has around 8,000 metre square area where vaccines can be stored," Sherwal said.</p>.<p>He said, "Some work needs to be done to convert it into a cold storage facility. The doors need to be enlarged to ensure entry of deep freezers. More power points will be needed," Sherwal said.</p>.<p>Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said that there is sufficient infrastructure and equipment available in the national capital to vaccinate its entire population in a few weeks once a Covid-19 vaccine is available.</p>.<p>"We have a large number of health care facilities, such as mohalla clinics, poly clinics, and hospitals etc, where a Covid-19 vaccine can be administered to people," Jain told reporters.</p>.<p>Jain also said Delhi should be given priority during the distribution of the vaccine as it is the national capital.</p>.<p>On Thursday, Delhi's Immunization Officer Suresh Seth said the national capital is geared up for the Covid-19 vaccination programme and the city's entire population can be covered in a month.</p>.<p>"We have 600 cold storage points and around 1,800 outreach sites for the universal immunization programme for children. We have sufficient equipment for vaccines that can be stored at a temperature of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius and those that need minus 15 to minus 25 degrees Celsius. The central government is further strengthening the infrastructure and providing more equipment," Seth had told PTI.</p>.<p>He had said the equipment and infrastructure for vaccines that need ultra-cold conditions (minus 70 degrees Celsius) are not there, but "we don't think there will be any problem logistically because the immunization programme will be carried out in a phased manner".</p>.<p>"If we involve hospital staff and nurses etc, we can easily vaccinate the entire population in a month," he had said, adding that at present, the Delhi government is collecting data of health care workers who are at top of the priority list of the Delhi government.</p>
<p>The Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital has been identified as the city's first storage facility for Covid-19 vaccine.</p>.<p>B L Sherwal, the managing director of the hospital, said a team from the Union Health Ministry has surveyed the building and approved it.</p>.<p>"The Delhi government had asked us to provide space to store vaccines. We have a three-storeyed building which can be used for this purpose. It has around 8,000 metre square area where vaccines can be stored," Sherwal said.</p>.<p>He said, "Some work needs to be done to convert it into a cold storage facility. The doors need to be enlarged to ensure entry of deep freezers. More power points will be needed," Sherwal said.</p>.<p>Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said that there is sufficient infrastructure and equipment available in the national capital to vaccinate its entire population in a few weeks once a Covid-19 vaccine is available.</p>.<p>"We have a large number of health care facilities, such as mohalla clinics, poly clinics, and hospitals etc, where a Covid-19 vaccine can be administered to people," Jain told reporters.</p>.<p>Jain also said Delhi should be given priority during the distribution of the vaccine as it is the national capital.</p>.<p>On Thursday, Delhi's Immunization Officer Suresh Seth said the national capital is geared up for the Covid-19 vaccination programme and the city's entire population can be covered in a month.</p>.<p>"We have 600 cold storage points and around 1,800 outreach sites for the universal immunization programme for children. We have sufficient equipment for vaccines that can be stored at a temperature of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius and those that need minus 15 to minus 25 degrees Celsius. The central government is further strengthening the infrastructure and providing more equipment," Seth had told PTI.</p>.<p>He had said the equipment and infrastructure for vaccines that need ultra-cold conditions (minus 70 degrees Celsius) are not there, but "we don't think there will be any problem logistically because the immunization programme will be carried out in a phased manner".</p>.<p>"If we involve hospital staff and nurses etc, we can easily vaccinate the entire population in a month," he had said, adding that at present, the Delhi government is collecting data of health care workers who are at top of the priority list of the Delhi government.</p>