LUCKNOW: From Thursday onward, Lucknow situated Aishbagh Eidgah will convert into a
vaccination
centre, making it the first such
religious place
in the city to double up as a site where people could get vaccinated, apart from hospitals.
Identified as a vaccination centre by the government, a dry run of the process took place at the Eidgah on Wednesday. Following this people from all age groups starting 18 years will get vaccinated at the campus of the biggest Eidgah in the city from 12 pm on Thursday.
People with due online registration will be given the vaccine and walk in vaccination will not be entertained. However, officials of the
Islamic Centre of India
housed within the Eidgah complex, will be helping people with their online registrations.
"The capacity at the centre for beneficiaries between 18 and 44 years of age is 150 a day and for those above 44 years of age is 250 a day. Vaccination will however depend on registrations made in advance and people can select the Eidgah as their choice of centre on the online CoWin portal," said spokesperson Maulana Sufiyan Nizami.
"There will be some people sitting to aid those who are not able to register online themselves," he added.
It was after the Eidgah authorities headed by Imam of the Eidgah Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali expressed their willingness to support the administration in covid management and care, that the Eidgah was chosen as a vaccination site.
Clerics said that the step will create awareness about vaccination further and lessen the general lack of trust in Muslim popoulation especially the illiterate people in the vaccination process.
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