Lucknow: Vaccination is proving to be a strong weapon against corona infection. In such a situation, the state government is committed to provide vaccine shield to the eligible people at the earliest. A new record has been created in UP by giving the first dose of 13 crore COVID Vaccine. UP is leading India’s vaccination drive with over 20.63 million doses so far. So far, more than 13 crore 4 lakh first and more than 7 crore 58 lakh second doses have been given in UP.
Keeping in mind the new variants of Corona, the government is working under a special strategy to intensify the vaccination campaign in rural areas. Under which work is being done on Cluster Model 2.0 and ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ strategy. In an ongoing door-to-door awareness campaign in villages, health teams including ASHA and Anganwadi workers are dispelling myths related to vaccines.
Test CM to be done three to four lakhs per day
On the one hand, CM Yogi Adityanath has instructed the officials to speed up the vaccination along with increasing the testing of corona by three to four lakhs per day. Let us inform that the CM emphasized on the vaccination campaign from the very beginning, underlining it as the ‘strongest weapon’ in dealing with the epidemic. In such a situation, to promote the second dose coverage, Cluster Model 2.0 was started in the state, which is showing positive results.
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