New Delhi: Attributing to the sustained efforts of the Yogi Adityanath government in keeping the pace of the Covid-19 vaccination in the top gear and of ensuring timely provision of vaccine cover, over 98.46 percent children in the age category of 15-17 have been administered vaccine doses.
As the state of Uttar Pradesh continues to reach new milestones in its vaccination campaign, it has been successful in providing vaccine cover to over 90 percent population in every set category — health workers, frontline workers, senior citizens, adults, children in the age group 15-17, and children in the age group 12-14 — in the state. On the contrary, many resource-rich states with comparatively lesser populations like Maharashtra have been unable in achieving the above target yet.
The Uttar Pradesh government is providing vaccination cover to all children between 12 to 17 years of age in a time-bound manner. So far, over 2,52,03,951 vaccine doses have been administered to children in the age group of 15-17 and over 1,17,65,165 vaccine doses have been administered to children in the age group of 12-14 in the state.
Standing on the top, the state of Uttar Pradesh has so far given out over 33.24 crore total vaccine doses. Out of these, over 17,48,68,307 are first doses, while over 15,42,43,354 individuals are fully vaccinated.
In terms of percentage, above 94 per cent of the adult population is fully vaccinated and 100 percent have received one vaccine dose.
In the age category of 12-14, over 91.44 percent of the children have received at least one dose of the vaccine. While over 47 percent in this age category is fully vaccinated.
Committed to providing additional protection cover to the people, Uttar Pradesh started administering booster shots (precaution dose) from January 10. Over 32.91 lakh ‘precaution doses’ have been administered in the state so far.
UP is followed by Maharashtra with 16.77 crore doses administered so far.
Aggressive Vaccination is an integral part of the comprehensive strategy of the Yogi-led UP government to contain the pandemic, along with adherence to coronavirus- appropriate behaviour. As a result, amid rising cases of Covid-19 in other states, vaccination cover will aid in controlling the spread of the pandemic in Uttar Pradesh.
