People rush back to vaccination centres as Covid-19 scare resurfaces

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The spike in fresh Covid-19 cases in the wake of a new Omicron sub-variant, XBB.1.16, has pushed people to vaccination centres again, to get that booster shot that many of them had skipped.

The number of weekly vaccinations has surged with daily Covid-19 cases rising in recent days.

There were 45,029 vaccinations for the seven days ended March 15, shows data from the government’s CoWin Portal. This was up 38 per cent to 62,339 as of March 31 (chart 1). Vaccinations often dip during the weekend. A rolling seven-day period has hence been used so that such effects are ironed