Lucknow, 04 June (HS) : Moving forward rapidly towards reaching the goal of one crore doses in one month under ‘Mission June’, Uttar Pradesh has made a record in administering the highest number of vaccine doses in the last 24-hour across the nation. Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, led the country with more than 3.82 lakh doses given on June 3. Madhya Pradesh ranked second with over 3.64 lakh shots followed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and West Bengal.
According to government data, over 28 lakh people were vaccinated against Covid-19 in India on Thursday, of which alone Uttar Pradesh has given more than 3,82,259 doses which is a record.
“Uttar Pradesh is emerging as a leader in vaccination. With today’s record-breaking number and the current vaccination pace, we have inched closer to around 2 crores”, a Health Department official informed. The total number of COVID-19 shots administered in Uttar Pradesh is now is 1,94,31,152.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched a massive vaccination drive “Mission June” in UP to inoculate One crore doses in 30 days. The results are quite overwhelming. It was estimated that the state government will have to administer at least 3.4 lakh doses a day to reach the massive target.
Enthusiasm was seen among the youths falling in 18-44 year category to get their ‘Teeka Jeet ka’. Of the total 3.82 lakh doses given in the last 24-hour, more than 2,00,354 were given in the 18+ category.
However, the Chief Minister has further given directions to intensify the vaccination campaign. “All necessary steps should be taken to boost the daily vaccination capacity. The present capacity needs to be increased by three times within a month”, said the CM at a high-level COVID review meeting.
The CM has been repeatedly appealing to people that the vaccine is the only way to keep the virus away and all eligible persons must shun fears and take the vaccine.
The inoculation exercise was carried out at around 6000 centres across the state on Thursday.
So far in Uttar Pradesh, around 35,61,731 are fully vaccinated i.e. they have received both the doses, while 1,58,69,421 have taken their first dose of anti-COVID vaccine. Among these, as many as 27,16,391 doses were administered in the 18-44 age group
Guardian Special Booths for parents of children under 12 years of age have been set up to prepare for the upcoming third wave. Along with these, the Government has also set up dedicated camps for state employees, media professionals, teachers, etc. Nigrani Samitis are going door-to-door in the villages encouraging people to get vaccinated. June 15 onwards, the government will also provide special arrangements for the street vendors, hawkers, milkman and other underprivileged section of the society.
