In a bid to accelerate the vaccination campaign (Vaccination in Uttar pradesh), 1.50 lakh Kovaxin supplements developed by Bharat Biotech were flown to Lucknow (Vaccination in Lucknow) airport on Sunday afternoon. There is already vaccination in Lucknow (Kanpur news), Meerut news, Varanasi news, Gorakhpur news, Bareilly and Prayagraj news.
After the new consignment of Corona vaccine in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, the government has now included 11 more districts for vaccination. Before this, only 7 districts with the highest corona cases were vaccinated. After the inclusion of new 11 districts, now the number of districts has gone up to 18 where vaccinations of people in the age group of 18 to 44 have started.
The districts that will be vaccinated from Monday (from today) include Aligarh, Agra, Ghaziabad, Jhansi, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Firozabad, Mathura, Ayodhya, Shahjahanpur and Noida . Vaccination of those above 45 is taking place in all districts.
Previously vaccination was taking place in these 7 districts
The government started vaccination program from May 1 in 7 districts where there are more than 9000 active cases. These included Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Meerut, Prayagraj and Bareilly. Accelerating the
1.5 million dose
vaccination campaign that reached Lucknow, 1.50 lakh Kovaxin supplements developed by Bharat Biotech were flown to Lucknow airport on Sunday afternoon. Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said that the state government has managed to manage 1,37,22,160 first doses – the highest in the country.
Vaccination of more than 1 lakh people between 18 and 44 years of age in the state so far, 1,17,327 people in the age group of 18-44 have taken shots. The vaccines will not be spoiled and the registered people will be contacted and called for vaccination. Officials said that vaccination is the biggest weapon in the fight against Corona, so everyone is requested to get vaccination done.
1 crore dose
officials will come next week, so far, 68,536 people aged 18 to 45 have been vaccinated in the state. By next week, 10 million vaccination doses will come in UP. This includes 50 lakh doses of covicshield and 50 lakh of covaxine.
