- 38 people beat Corona, more than 19 crore 51 lakh vaccine doses have been given
- Guidelines being prepared in UP regarding vaccination of youth
Lucknow : While vigilance is being taken in the state regarding the new variant of Corona, Omicron, on the other hand, the Yogi government is committed to provide a vaccine shield to the people of the state. After the announcement of PM Narendra Modi, from next month, anti-corona vaccination will be started in UP for teenagers aged 15 to 18 years, while after two vaccines, now a new corona vaccine. (Corona Vaccine) Zydus Cadila will also be installed free of cost to the people. General Manager of Immunization and Maternal Health, Dr. Manoj Shukla informed that after the release of new guidelines regarding vaccination of adolescents by the Central Government, an action plan will be prepared by the department under which 15 to 18 year old adolescents will be treated at the earliest. Vaccination will be done.
He said that from January, booster dose would be given to frontline workers and health care workers in the state. About 10 lakh frontline workers and 10 lakh health care workers will be given this booster dose in the state. He said that this booster dose is to be given in a phased manner. Let us inform that in order to achieve the target set by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, call slips are being sent door-to-door to get the first and second doses of vaccination. Vaccination booths have been set up in the area as per the convenience of the people, in which the first and second doses are being given.
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Zydus Cadila’s vaccine will be implemented in 14 districts in the first phase
Dr. Manoj Shukla informed that Zydus Cadila Company’s vaccine would be available in 14 districts in the primary phase. This includes Lucknow, Agra, Aligarh, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Kanpur Nagar, Meerut, Moradabad, Prayagraj, Saharanpur and Varanasi. So far, four types of corona vaccine are being administered to people in UP. These include Covaccine, Covishield and Sputnik. Like Covaccine and Covishield in government hospitals, now Zydus vaccine will also be provided free of cost. Zydus is a three-dose vaccine to be administered at an interval of 28-28 days. This vaccine will only be available to those over the age of 18.
Vaccine doses given to more than 19 crores
In order to speed up the vaccination in the state, the state government is giving impetus to the vaccination campaign in all the districts under a simple policy. A new guideline is being prepared by the state government to start anti-corona vaccination for adolescents of 15 to 18 years. Along with this, in view of the increase in the cases of corona, under the new guideline issued by the Central Government, the CM gave orders to the officers to act swiftly regarding surveillance, test, vaccination, screening, following COVID rules, sanitization. Huh. So far, more than 19 crore 51 lakh vaccine doses have been given in the state, in which more than 12 crore 56 lakh first doses and more than 6 crore 95 lakh second doses have been given.
38 people defeated Corona
So far more than 9 crore 21 lakh tests have been done in the state. In the last 24 hours, in more than 1 lakh 80 thousand tests, only 40 cases of infection were confirmed, during which 38 people defeated the infection. The number of active cases in the state is 324 while the recovery rate is 98.6 percent.