Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Mayawati voices concern over India’s vaccinatio­n status

- HT Correspond­ent letters@htlive.com

LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Saturday expressed concern at what she described as the poor vaccinatio­n status in India as compared to other countries.

“I think India’s vaccinatio­n status vis a vis foreign countries is pretty scary. The second jab has been administer­ed to an even lesser number which is quite serious and worrisome,” Mayawati tweeted.

She also urged the Centre and the state government­s to pay attention towards this.

Mayawati was among the first few Opposition leaders across the country to back the government’s vaccinatio­n plan and take the jab.

Mayawati had taken her first shot of the Covishield vaccine on March 13 at Lucknow’s TS Mishra super speciality hospital.

Last Sunday (May 16), chief minister Yogi Adityanath had apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the vaccinatio­n status in the state.

Along with vaccinatio­n for people in the age group of 45 years and above across all 75 districts of the state, vaccinatio­n for the 18-plus category has also been started in 23 districts of the state. It will be extended to all districts on June 1.

The state government has been holding special vaccinatio­n camps for various profession­als. Around the time Mayawati tweeted on the vaccinatio­n status on Saturday, Adityanath announced that special camps to vaccinate judicial officers and media personnel would be held across the districts.

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