Drive-through vaccination: A four-hour journey to the Covid-19 jab

The reason for the tortoise pace is clear: there are just two people administering jabs

A free, drive-through vaccination programme sounds incredibly sophisticated and global. But the first one in Gurugram (I prefer its earlier name, Gurgaon), held Friday, May 14, was a textbook example of a great idea, well-meaning in intent but poorly executed. The drive-through, broadcast by the Residents’ Welfare Organisations the day before, was to start at 10 am on a “first-come, first-served basis” and “till stocks last” for those in the 45-plus age group due for a second jab but only if six weeks had elapsed (the 12- to 16-week restriction had not come into force).

Traumatised by the inability to