Vaccination of 12-14 years kids begins
Strengthening its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination drive for children between 12 to 14 years of age in Uttar Pradesh started from Wednesday.
On the occasion, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the special vaccination drive for the children at SPM (Civil) Hospital in the state capital and also expressed immense satisfaction at the overwhelming response from the target group.
“Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, our country has been fighting the pandemic with complete preparedness. India’s COVID-19 management has not only been appreciated globally, but also, has been adopted widely,” Yogi said.
Speaking about the current COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh, the chief minister said, “Effective implementation of the T4 model (Trace-Test-Treat-Tika) has enabled the state to check COVID-19 spread. At present, the number of active cases has come down to less than 1,000. Uttar Pradesh is also leading in terms of conducting Covid tests and vaccination. The state is well-equipped to even deal with a fourth wave.”
The state of Uttar Pradesh has so far administered more than 29.54 crore doses of the Covid vaccine. More than 103 per cent of adults have received the first dose, while 82 per cent have received both the doses. Similarly, 97 per cent of the people with comorbidities and frontline workers, including policemen, who are eligible for the ‘precaution doses’ have been vaccinated. Committed to providing protection cover to children in the age group of 15-18, the state of Uttar Pradesh has so far administered the vaccine doses to over 1,94,88,920 teenagers.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also expressed gratitude to the prime minister for beginning the vaccination of children in the age group of 12-14, and for taking forward the vaccination drive in a phased manner.
As many as 84.64 lakh children in the age category of 12-14 are to be vaccinated for which, availability of vaccines has been ensured in the state.