Long queues with a waiting time of more than 2 hours, cancellation of registered appointments, delay in the arrival of vaccines, and shortage of vaccines were some of the issues that Vadodarians faced on the first day of the drive. After the decision from the center, Vadodara followed suit and opened up its vaccination drive for the age group of 18-45. However, not all vaccine centers started to administer vaccines to adults below the age of 45. One such individual, aged 41, who had gone to Dr. Saravpalli Radhakrishnan Prathmik Shala to get the vaccine had to return from the doorsteps of the center. The particular center still provides vaccination only to people aged 45 and above. One of the private centers for the vaccine, Sahaj Hospital, was not supplied with the vaccines and had to avert registered vaccine-takers. The notification given to private COVID vaccination Centers (CVCs) said, "As per instructions from GoI, CVCs are unable to provide vaccination services to the beneficiar

Author-Raveena