NS State So far 75% of the eligible population has been able to get jobs with one of the two mandatory shots, while 28.71% have been fully immunized.
With 1,54,63,144 out of 2,06,55,301 eligible beneficiaries receiving their first shot by October 20, Punjab is still about 51,92,157 away from vaccinating the adult population with the first dose, with more than a week A little more time is left. achieving the goal Of the total recipients of the first dose, 2,16,360 are Health workers, 11,52,009 frontline workers, 60,45,795 in the 45-plus group and 80,48,980 in the 18-44 age group.
To achieve the target, an average of about 5 lakh persons will have to be vaccinated daily for the remaining days of the month and a lot will depend on the level of vaccine hesitancy and availability of stocks in the coming days.
After struggling with low coverage for nearly the first seven months, largely due to erratic supplies, vaccine coverage got a boost in September, with an average of 1.98 lakh shots administered daily across the state, up from the start of the campaign in January. Most since. Drive speed has hit again in October, with only 19,23,218 people immunized as of 20 October, an average of 96,160 per day. Explaining the reasons for the decline in the pace of vaccination in recent days, a senior health official said that the demand has started falling as most of the beneficiaries who were willing to be vaccinated have already received their first dose. The official said the pace will further decline as the population receiving the first dose includes individuals who are hesitant to be vaccinated and have to be vaccinated.
According to Record In terms of state health department, Ludhiana leads in first dose coverage, 2,394,382 out of 26,32,727 eligible people received first dose followed by Jalandhar.
Unlike Punjab, the hill state Himachal Pradesh Has already covered the eligible adult population from the first dose.
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