The innovation of public-participation to end Corona infection in the state not only led to massive success in controlling the infection but also provided the Covid-19 vaccine protection shield to the people. A series of public-participatory vaccination campaigns were also conducted for vaccination, as a result of which 94 percent of the eligible population has been given the first dose of vaccine and 77 percent of both the doses have been administered. The Maha Abhiyan-10 of the series of vaccinations will be held in all the districts on December 16. The target of the state government is that by the end of the current month of December, 100 percent eligible population of the state should get both the doses of the vaccine.
In the campaign to make vaccines available to the citizens as protection cover, out of the estimated 5 crore 49 lakh citizens above the age of 18 years in the state, so far 5 crore 17 lakh have received the first dose and 4 crore 33 lakh have got both the doses of the vaccine. In this remarkable achievement, public participation has been ensured through public representatives, religious leaders, eminent persons from all sections of the society, office bearers of various organizations as well as officers and employees of other departments including health department. Their coordinated efforts have ensured a strong protective shield to the citizens from Corona.
The Covid Vaccination Maha Abhiyan started from the third week of June and till December 8, nine rounds of the campaign were completed under the leadership of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Special Vaccination Maha Abhiyan-10 will be conducted on Thursday, 16th December.
Many records have been set in the state in the Vaccination Maha Abhiyan, including the highest number of vaccinations in a day in the country. The first Covid vaccination campaign was conducted on June 21, in which a national record of 16 lakh 95 thousand Covid vaccines being administered was set in a day. The second Covid vaccination campaign was held on August 25, in which the state broke its own record set on June 21 by administering 23 lakh Covid vaccines in a single day.
The Vaccination Maha Abhiyan-3 in the state was organized on September 17, the birthday of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, who took the unprecedented initiative to provide free vaccine to the country. In this third campaign too, a new record was set by administering 2.5 million vaccine doses, breaking the record of most vaccines in a single day of the first two campaigns.
The fourth vaccination campaign was conducted on September 27 with the motto ‘Koi na Chhute.’ On this day also more than 12 lakh Covid vaccine vaccines were administered.
After this, special achievement was recorded by administering 13 lakh 52 thousand vaccine doses in vaccination campaign-4 on November 10, more than 17 lakh in vaccination campaign-5 on November 17, more than 18 lakh in vaccination campaign-6 on November 24, 15 lakh 79 thousand in vaccination campaign-8 on December 1 and 12 lakh 58 thousand Covid vaccines in Vaccination Maha Abhiyan-9 on 8 December.