Lucknow shoots to record peak with 27,000 jabs

LUCKNOW: The record breaking turnout of people for Covid-19 vaccination continued on Thursday with over 27,000 people taking the jab – highest in a single day.
Total 27,395 beneficiaries took the shot, breaking the record of 24,950 inoculations set on Wednesday, but fell short of the target of 30,000 vaccinations set for the day.

Carried out at 250 booths – 242 government and eight private - the drive witnessed 24,748 people taking the first dose and 2,647 completing the two-dose course after taking the booster shot.
Over 13.23 lakh doses have been administered in the city so far since the start of the mass immunisation programme on January 16. About 2.65 lakh persons have been fully immunized.
District immunisation officer Dr M K Singh said that the pace of the vaccination programme is satisfactory. "Frontline workers and health workers, who have not taken the second dose yet, are being called to take it at the earliest. This will increase the count further."
Besides, he said, the health department is increasing the number of booths and covering rural areas through the cluster model in which the entire adult population in a locality or area is vaccinated within a given timeframe.
However, women continue to lag in getting the jab. Against 15,966 men, 11,429 (42%) women turned up at the centres.
Nearly 66% (18,007) of the beneficiaries on Thursday were people in the 18-44 age group followed by 29% (7,901) aged between 45 and 59 and 4% (1,262) elderlies - 60 years and above. The rest were healthcare and frontline workers.