LUCKNOW: With 8,400 more people taking the second jab, the number of people fully immunised with Covid-19 vaccine in Lucknow crossed 3 lakh mark on Saturday. This means that now 8.3% of the district’s adult population (35.78 lakh) has completed the two-dose vaccination course.
Overall, 20,199 doses were administered at 117 booths. Of these, 57% (11,432) beneficiaries were men and 43% (8,767) women.
People in the age group of 18-44 years constituted 45.7%, those aged 45-59 years were 42.4% and elderly 10.3%. The remaining were healthcare and frontline workers.
With this, the total doses administered so far have reached 14.69 lakh.
"Rapid immunisation will not only protect people from falling severely ill as and when the third wave will arrive but there is also a possibility that the state capital may avert the third wave if 70-80% of the population is given at least one dose by September-October. However, even after vaccination, people need to take precautions because though vaccines may prevent severity, getting infected can lead to mutation in the virus. Experts say that the virus may mutate in a bid to avert antibodies generated by the vaccine.-Times View"
It took 169 days to reach the milestone of 3 lakh since the start of the mass immunisation campaign on January 16. Among fully immunised, highest 29.1% ( 87,842) were in 45-59 years category followed by 26.4% (79,657) in 60 years and above group, 17.6% (53,304) healthcare workers, 15.7% (47,383) frontline workers and 10.9% (47,383) in the 18-44 age group.
“Daily vaccination count will increase further in the coming week as we are planning to expand the drive by increasing the number of booths in urban areas and starting ‘cluster inoculations’ in rural blocks of the district. This will be done in the next 4-5 days after receiving the fresh supply of vaccines,” said district immunisation officer Dr MK Singh.
