Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced to set up women special camps in every district to ensure maximum participation of women in the COVID-19 vaccination.
In order to motivate women to get their vaccine doses, Yogi instructed the officials to start women special vaccination camps in all the 75 districts of the state, an official said here on Friday.
Like the guardian special booths, at least two special booths — one for the 18+ category and another for the 45+ group — will be set up in each district. These camps will operate in District Women Hospitals or District Joint Hospitals. Such camps will also be set up in the Tehsil Headquarters or Block Headquarters level. Women beneficiaries of the state can reserve their slots in these camps.
According to the CoWIN portal data, around 92,44,765 men have taken their doses of vaccine while 69,30,245 women have received their shots. Considering the gender gap in the vaccination programme as a worrying situation, the chief minister has come up with these camps.