Owing to the sustained efforts of the Yogi Adityanath government in keeping the pace of Covid vaccination in the top gear, Uttar Pradesh will soon have over 15 crore fully vaccinated individuals.

This will be another milestone as Uttar Pradesh continues to conduct one of the most successful vaccination campaigns in the country since the rollout of the mass immunisation drive. Standing on the top, Uttar Pradesh has so far administered over 32.70 crore doses of Covid vaccine. Out of these, over 17,41,06,125 are first doses while over 14,92,89,434 individuals are fully vaccinated.

So far, over 2,44,29,882 Covid vaccine doses have been administered to children in the age group of 15-17 and over 97,90,992 to children in the age group of 12-14 in the state.

In terms of percentage, over 92 per cent of the adult population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and 100 per cent have received one vaccine dose. In the age category of 15-17, over 97 per cent of the teenagers have received at least one dose of the vaccine while over 76 per cent in this age category are fully vaccinated.

Committed to providing additional protection cover to the people, Uttar Pradesh started administering booster shots (precaution dose) from January 10 this year. Over 31.20 lakh ‘precaution doses’ have been administered in the state so far. UP is followed by Maharashtra with 16.67 crore doses administered so far.

To speed up the vaccination drive for children in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the officials concerned to ensure adequate availability of vaccines in Uttar Pradesh and encourage the eligible kids to take the vaccine cover. The government is also paying special attention to the provision of booster shots (precaution dose) to the eligible beneficiaries.

Aggressive vaccination is an integral part of the comprehensive strategy of the Yogi-led UP government to contain the pandemic, along with adherence to Covid appropriate behaviour.