Published: Publish Date – 11:08 PM, Wed – 16 Mar 22
A woman is being vaccinated against Kovid in Musheerabad, Hyderabad. file photo
Hyderabad: Telangana is set to achieve 100 per cent COVID vaccination score in the next few days, i.e. the first and second doses of vaccine to all eligible beneficiaries above the age of 18 years. Launched on March 16 last year, it took about nine months for authorities to achieve 100 percent coverage of the first dose. The full coverage of the second dose of the COVID vaccine among the beneficiaries is expected to be completed this month.
By achieving 100% coverage of the first dose, Telangana has become the first among large Indian states to provide the first dose to all beneficiaries aged 18 years and above. Compared to the national percentage, the COVID vaccination coverage in Telangana is also quite high. The first dose coverage of COVID vaccine in Telangana is 106 per cent as against the national average of 95 per cent, while the second dose coverage in the state is 96 per cent, which is significantly higher than the national average of 89 per cent.
Currently, out of 2,77,67,000 eligible persons above 18 years of age, 2,93,52,699 government and private COVID vaccination centers in Telangana have given the first dose, which is 106%. The vaccine centers have so far given 2,68,83,708 second doses to the eligible population, which is about 97 percent.
Private and Government COVID Vaccine Centers have given 5.94 crore doses including precautionary doses of COVID vaccine to beneficiaries above 18 years of age, senior citizens with co-morbidities and adolescents in the age group of 15 years to 17 years.
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