Uttar Pradesh inches closer to becoming the first state with 15 crore fully vaxxed individuals

Lucknow: Owing to the sustained efforts of the Yogi Adityanath government in keeping the pace of the Covid-19 vaccination in the top gear, the state of Uttar Pradesh will soon be home to over 15 crore fully vaccinated individuals.

This will be another milestone as Uttar Pradesh continues to conduct one of the most successful vaccination campaigns in the country since the rollout of the mass immunization drive.

Standing on the top, the state of Uttar Pradesh has so far given out over 32.70 crore total vaccine doses. Out of these, over 17,41,06,125 are first doses, while over 14,92,89,434 individuals are fully vaccinated.

So far, over 2,44,29,882 vaccine doses have been administered to children in the age group of 15-17 and over 97,90,992 vaccine doses have been administered to children in the age group of 12-14 in the state.

In terms of percentage, over 92 percent of the adult population is fully vaccinated and 100 percent have received one vaccine dose.

In the age category of 15-17, over 97 percent of the children have received at least one dose of the vaccine. While over 76 percent in this age category are fully vaccinated.

Committed to providing additional protection cover to the people, Uttar Pradesh started administering booster shots (precaution dose) on January 10. Over 31.20 lakh ‘precaution doses’ have been administered in the state so far.

UP is followed by Maharashtra with 16.67 crore doses administered so far.

To speed up the vaccination drive for children in the state, Yogi Adityanath has also asked the concerned officials to ensure adequate availability of vaccine doses in Uttar Pradesh and encourage the eligible kids to take the vaccine cover. The government is also paying special attention to the provision of booster shots (precaution dose) to the eligible beneficiaries.

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.