Scaling new heights in the ongoing vaccination drive, Uttar Pradesh crossed the landmark of administering over 1 crore vaccine doses to the children in the age category of 12-14 years on Tuesday.
“This is another major milestone as the state continues to conduct one of the most successful vaccination campaigns in the country since the rollout of mass immunisation drive,” a government official said in Lucknow on Tuesday.
“Strengthening its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the state government is providing vaccination cover to all children between 12 and 17 years in a time-bound manner. So far, over 2.45 crore vaccine doses have been administered to children in the 15-17 age group and over 1 crore vaccines have been administered to children in the 12-14 age group in the state,” the official said.
As per data from CoWin portal updated till 2 pm on Tuesday, at least 32.71 crore out of the total 192 crore doses administered in the country are from UP. Committed to providing additional protection cover to the people, Uttar Pradesh government started administering booster shots (precaution dose) from January 10 and over 31.4 lakh precautionary doses have been administered in the state so far.
UP is followed by Maharashtra with 16.67 crore doses administered so far. In terms of percentage, over 92 per cent of the adult population is fully vaccinated and 100 percent have received one vaccine dose. In the 15-17 age category, over 97 percent of the children have received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 75 percent teens (15-17 years) are now fully vaccinated. Over 84 percent of the children in the 12-14 age group have received the first dose of the vaccine.
“To speed up the vaccination drive for children in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also asked concerned officials to ensure adequate availability of vaccine doses in Uttar Pradesh and encourage eligible beneficiaries to take the vaccine,” the official said.
Meanwhile, in the last 24 hours, 116 new cases of Covid were reported while 142 people recovered from the viral infection in the corresponding period.