The move will help to inoculate new population group alongside providing booster doses to senior citizens
VaccineOnWheels (VOW), part of Jivika Healthcare Group, having India’s first doctor-based mobile vaccination clinic is expanding its reach to the newly opened age category of 15 years to 18 years in all cities of its operation. Starting January 3, 2022, VOW is ready to begin inoculating the new population group alongside providing booster doses to senior citizens and frontline workers.
Operational in Maharashtra, Telangana and Karnataka, VaccineonWheels with their 100+ Mobile Clinics has administered more than half a million COVID-19 vaccinations since April 2021. The company is underway in expanding its reach into Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu where it will be adding 50+ units by January 2022. This will bring the total operational units to 150+ with a capability to administer more than 25000 doses a day.
Jignesh Patel, Founder and CEO, VOW said,” VaccineOnWheels is an example of an innovative, community-driven approach and has been agile in reaching out to the rural and underprivileged population to support the tireless COVID-19 vaccination efforts of the country. This will help ensure we reduce any barriers for those who want to receive COVID-19 vaccine, particularly in rural and underprivileged populations.”
Under its public-private partnership, VOW has partnered with the government, NGOs and CSR Partners in taking their unique mobile vaccination services to the community level within rural parts of India and some of the urban parts – helping the country increase the accessibility of vaccination.
