Get ready to give Covid jabs to 15-18 age group: Yogi UP reports 59 fresh Covid cases

CM also asks officials to prepare for precautionary dose to corona warriors, frontline and healthcare workers as also the 60plus age group with comorbidities

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday asked the officials concerned to begin preparations and arrange Covid-19 vaccines for administering to adolescents between the ages of 15 and 18 years from January 3 in consonance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement.

Yogi also told them to carry out fresh drives to give precautionary dose to corona warriors, frontline and healthcare workers as also people over 60 years with co-morbidities.

The chief minister was addressing the officials at a Covid-19 review meeting.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced (on Saturday) the launch of Covid vaccination from January 3 for those between the ages of 15 and 18 years; and a precautionary dose

from January 10 for corona warriors, frontline and healthcare workers as also for those above 60 years with co-morbidities (on the advice of doctors). Ensure availability of the vaccine and, for this, be in touch with the central government,” Yogi Adityanath said.

LUCKNOW: With 59 fresh Covid-19 cases being reported on Sunday, the total number of active cases under treatment in Uttar Pradesh has crossed 300mark, a level similar to the fourth week of August this year, according to the data from the health department.

At present, the state has 323 Covid active cases. On August 27, the total number of active cases was 329 while on August 28, it was 299 cases. Since then, the number kept falling, as per the data.

In all, 59 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Sunday while in the past 48-hours 96 new cases were detected. “In the past 24 hours, 18, 2,587 Covid samples were tested and 59 new cases were reported,” said Amit Mohan Prasad, additional chief secretary (medical health), in a press statement.

On Saturday, 38 samples came positive out of the 1, 97,506 samples tested for Covid-19,

according to the health department.

“Lucknow reported 15 Covid cases in the past 48-hours, of which five cases were reported on Saturday and 10 on Sunday. The rising trend has to be checked with compliance of Covid protocol by one and all,” said Dr Abhishek Shukla, secretary general, Association of International Doctors.

Among the fresh cases in Lucknow, two had returned from Dubai on December 19 and 24. One passenger who returned from Jharkhand and another from Mumbai, tested positive for Covid. A patient, who came from Jaunpur for treatment at KGMU, also tested positive while four tested positive during the contact tracing of a positive case. Another person tested positive at Lohia institute.

“People should avoid journey or travel only when it is necessary,” said Dr Manoj Agrawal, chief medical officer of Lucknow. He said that use of mask was essential for safety of self and others.