Vaccination for the 18 to 44 age group, suspended for over a week due to lack of sufficient doses, was resumed on Thursday at 27 centres across the district including 11 at Dhanbad Sadar, four at Jharia, three at Baliapur, two each at Baghmara, Tundi, Topchanchi, Govindpur and 1 centre of Nirsa.

The centres administered Covaxin as the district received around 6500 doses of the vaccine.

Vaccination for 45 and above age group also continued at 40 sites across the district including 11 sites at Baghmara; six at Nirsa; five at Dhanbad Sadar; four at Baliapur; three each at Baliapur, Jharia and different government centres besides two centres each at Tundi, Govindpur and mobile vaccination van.

Talking to Telegraph Online on Thursday, 20-year-old Raksha Rani, a student of P.K. Roy Memorial College, said, “I was enthusiastic after learning on June 1 that vaccination for 18+ will begin again from June and booked the slot yesterday after which I took the vaccine during the first slot at around 11 am.”

“The entire process of vaccination was quite good as there were sufficient seating arrangements at the centre and personally I felt no side effects after taking the vaccine,” said Rani who was accompanied by her mother.

“The only message that I want to give is that everybody should come forward to take the vaccine as early as possible in order to maintain our safety as well as that of our family members,” she said.

“I felt quite relaxed after taking the dose as after registering on April 29, I could book the slot yesterday and took the first dose today,” said 21-year-old Gaurav Dey, a resident of Chiragora in Dhanbad who took the jab at Jagjivan Nagar centre.