BENGALURU: A month after the Centre started providing precautionary Covid-19 vaccine dose to senior citizens and healthcare and frontline workers, Karnataka has vaccinated 59% of the target population as on February 11 morning. Across the country, administration of the third shot began on January 10.
The target changes every day, going by the number of eligible persons who have completed nine months since they took their second dose. As on February 11, over 16.5 lakh were due for the precautionary dose, of which over 9.7 lakh, or 59% have taken it. On Thursday, a total of 17,467 persons took the third dose across the state.
