LUCKNOW: With over 18,700 inoculations on Saturday, the city zoomed past the milestone of 17 lakh vaccinations since the rollout of the mass vaccination drive against Covid-19 on January 16 this year.
As per the health department, 17.2 lakh doses have been administered since the start of the campaign. As many as 3.9 lakh (10.8%) people out of 36 lakh adult population of the district have been fully immunised with the two doses, while 9.4 lakh (26.1%) have received their first shot and are waiting for the second.
The number of vaccinations on Friday were 20,976 which dropped to 18,712 on Saturday. Of these, 7,789 (41.6%) people completed the two-dose course by taking the second shot and 10,923 (58.3%) individuals took the first jab. Except for those aged between 18-44 years, the number of second dose beneficiaries remained higher in all other categories.
Among beneficiaries, those in 18-44 years category comprised 46.3% followed by 45-59 years group (33.7%) and 12.3% elderlies. Rest were healthcare and frontline workers.
Health department officials said they were planning to push vaccination to cover more beneficiaries. Besides government hospitals and healthcare centres, 25 special camps have been set up at religious or workplaces, besides government hospitals, for vaccination.
“We are planning to improve the daily count by adding new camps and increasing booths at government centres. We have also demanded fresh supplies from the government,” said district immunisation officer Dr MK Singh. To increase women’s participation and awareness among people, cluster campaign is running in rural areas.
“We are targeting 90% vaccination in clusters,” he added. As of now, vaccination is going on in three clusters – Mohanlalganj, Gosainganj and NK Road.
