More than 25 per cent of the youth and 50 per cent of the population in the above 45 years age category in Delhi have been vaccinated till now, Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and MLA Atishi said on Sunday.
A record 2,07,559 people were administered a vaccine in Delhi on Saturday, out of which more than 1.5 lakh doses were administered to the youth. “So far 73, 29,652 people have been given vaccine doses in Delhi. Out of which more than 56 lakh people have got the first and more than 17 lakh people have received both the doses,” she said.
Atishi said that a total of 7.06 lakh vaccine doses are currently available in Delhi. “Out of this, 5.40 lakh Covishield and more than 1.6 lakh Covaxin doses are available. Now three days stock is available in Delhi at the speed of 2 lakh vaccinations per day. The Central Government should provide at least 45 lakh vaccine doses in July at the rate of 1.5 lakh vaccinations per day,” she added.
“Delhi’s vaccination speed is increasing on an everyday basis for two days continuously. Delhi has administered more than 1.5 lakh doses per day, and yesterday we broke our previous records and administered two lakh doses in a day,” she added.
“On 26th June, 2,07,559 doses were administered out of which more than 1.5 lakh doses were administered to the people in the 18-44 age group. We are happy that the youth is stepping out in large numbers to get themselves vaccinated,” she added.
Atishi also said, “The Delhi Government has been asking the Central Government to increase the vaccine supply repeatedly as the youth of Delhi want to get themselves vaccinated.”
“We were able to vaccinate more than 50 per cent of the 45 and above age group population a long time ago but since the vaccination of the youth started at a later stage and the vaccine availability was also an issue.
Therefore, the vaccination speed of the youth was increasing at a slower pace. But with the availability of the vaccine stock and the increase in the vaccination speed we have been able to vaccinate 25 per cent of the youth population in Delhi,” she said.