patna chief minister nitish kumar on saturday said the covid19 vaccination for the 18 to 44 years age group would begin from sunday and asked the health department to be fully prepared for the drive at a review meeting on vaccination through a virtual meeting on saturday nitish instructed officials to strive to procure more vaccines and get the maximum number of beneficiaries vaccinatedhe also instructed them to ensure that beneficiaries do not get infected at the vaccination centres and advised officials to facilitate vaccination at schools and colleges he told them to make sure people do not face trouble reaching the vaccination centres during the lockdownearlier on friday the patna high court had asked the state government to inform the court on monday about the commencement of inoculation drive for this age groupstate health minister mangal pandey said the first consignment consisting of 34 lakh doses reached patna on saturday the state will receive 1601 lakh doses of vaccine for 18 years to 44 years old beneficiaries this month he added that vaccination from sunday will not be done at health institutes where treatment is being done and after three to four days vaccination will begin at government buildings and other identified placesthe state health society also tweeted on saturday evening about the commencement of vaccination for 18 plus in the state from sunday vaccination for the age group of 1844 years will start from 9th may 2021 at your nearest health facility up to primary health centre prior registration and slot booking are a must for getting vaccinated register yourself and book your slots for covid19 vaccination the tweet readsoon after the news of vaccination went viral youngsters started trying their luck to book the slot but many of them were unsuccessful youngsters at patna claimed that the slots for 18 was not seen on any of the centres on the cowin portal and it was available for only shashtri nagar urban primary health centre uhphc and that also for sunday onlyonly shastri nagar phc was available for vaccination in patna for the age group of 1844 and all slots were booked for sunday booking for no other group was available at any other centre in the city why not make bookings common for all age group against the availability of vaccine at any centre i can see the availability of vaccine but not able to book it said punit kumar 34 resident of ashok rajpath