Precaution dose coverage in the State has gone up considerably over the last ten days after the centre rolled out the 75-day free vaccination campaign to mark 75 years of India’s independence.
In the 18-59 years age group, the precaution dose (third dose) coverage has gone up from 3.4% last month to 4.8% as of Tuesday. In the senior citizens category, nearly three lakh senior citizens have been covered since July 16, when the campaign was launched. With this, 44% of the targeted 68,87,194 senior citizens have been administered the third dose so far.
The Centre rolled out precaution dose administration for senior citizens across the country on January 10 and for those in the 18-59 age group on April 10. The response was very poor with hardly 20,000 people taking the third dose daily. However, over the last ten days following the roll out of the Centre’s Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav COVID vaccine campaign (that will go on till September 30), over one lakh precaution doses have been administered daily. Overall, the State has administered 14,74,576 precaution doses including 11,88,041 doses in the 18-59 years group, according to official data.
