The UP government has directed the district health authorities to curb the wastage of Covid vaccines. The task force in each district for Covid vaccination has been directed to conduct weekly reviews of the vaccination and bring down the wastage of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines. Chief Secretary RK Tewari on Wednesday presided over a meeting of the state’s steering committee for immunisation to take stock of the progress of the vaccination programme in the state. He issued directions for accelerating the process of vaccination in the districts where the process of vaccination is yet to pick up pace. Under the Covid-19 vaccination drive, over 6,73 lakh people have been vaccinated, including 6,36,815 healthcare workers and 36, 395 frontline workers.
They have been administered the first dose of the vaccine while the second dose will be given on February 15, 19, 25 & 26 and on March 4, 5 & 15.
The steering committee also discussed the launch of the JE vaccination campaign under which children in the age group of 9 months to 15 years will be vaccinated. During the JE vaccination campaign, 11.26 Lakh children are targeted to be covered. The committee was also informed that 3.24 crore children have been administered the polio vaccine.