Uttar Pradesh’s Mission June ends with 1.25 crore jabs

LUCKNOW: Over 1.25 crore persons have been vaccinated under Mission June in UP, according to data from the CoWin portal.
Under Mission June, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had set a target of inoculating at least 1 crore people. The target was met on June 24.
In the remaining six days, more than 21.7 lakh Covid-19 vaccinations have taken place. Now, the state has set the target to vaccinate 10 crore beneficiaries over next three months. That would take around 10-12 lakh vaccinations per day.
The numbers could have been much higher but for a dip in the vaccine supply towards the end of the month, say health department sources. After June 24, when 8.63 lakh vaccinations were done, the number went down to 5.54 lakh the next day.
The drive picked up again on Monday when 5.23 lakh vaccinations were undertaken but went down again to just 1.88 lakh on Tuesday. Just 67,000 persons were inoculated on the last day of the drive which had maintained a good pace over the first three weeks.
Meanwhile, the total number of vaccinations undertaken in the state so far reached 3.12 crore. Over 2.67 crore of them have taken the first dose while 44.88 lakh are fully vaccinated.
In terms of the age group, 1.17 crore persons in the 18 to 44 years have taken the vaccine while 1.13 crore persons have taken the vaccine in the 45 to 60 year age bracket. In the 60-plus group, 81.77 lakh persons have been vaccinated.