Aim to give 1 cr vaccine doses in June: Yogi

State has administered a total of 1.73 crore doses since January 16

LUCKNOW : Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the state aimed to administer one crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in June.

The target of one crore doses in a month seems a big one when compared to the total number of doses that the state has administered in nearly fourand-a-half months since the launch of the vaccination drive across the country on January 16.

According to the state government data, UP has administered a total of 1.73 crore doses, including over 34 lakh second doses, so far. The number also includes 16.69 lakh doses to people in the 18-45 age group, the data shows.

Last week, the chief minister had said the state aimed to vaccinate all people (in all the eligible age groups) in the next six months.

“From June 1, all the districts in the state will begin vaccinating persons in the 18-44 (18-45) age group. It is important to vaccinate as many people as possible for preventing infec

tion in the future and minimising the effect of the pandemic. So, begin the June vaccination drive with the aim to administer one crore doses in the month,” the chief minister said in a highlevel Covid review meeting with Team-9.

Vaccination for the 18-45 group is on in 23 of UP’s 75 districts currently. Those above 45 years of age are getting the jabs in all the districts.

He also said it was important to focus on zero wastage of vaccines.

All the vaccination centres must have a waiting area and an observation area, he added. There should not be any unnecessary crowding at the centres, he said.

He also said, “Covid recovery rate has now reached 95.7%. In the last 24 hours, the positivity rate (the number of persons testing positive against the total number of tests done) was a mere 0.7%. A total of 2,402 fresh cases of Covid were recorded in the state in the last 24 hours while 8,145 people recovered and were discharged from the hospital in the same time period. On April 30, the state had a total of 3.10 lakh active cases which had now come down to 52,244.”