Over 9.35 lakh jabs given in September alone

Prayagraj: In yet another feat achieved by the district health department, as many as 9,35,340 jabs have been given to recipients of all age groups in September alone. In fact, the number of jabs given in September is equal to the jabs given in the months of July and August together.
Ramping its vaccination drive, the health department has set a target to cover 46.10 lakh recipients of all age groups. About 47% of the target recipients have received at least a single dose so far. The number of jabs administered to the beneficiaries till August 31 was 17,90,757, which grew to 27,26,097 on September 30.
Statistics of the health department revealed that right at the start of the vaccination drive against Covid-19, as many as 11,504 doses were given to frontline workers in January. In February, total number of doses given to recipients including frontline workers was 51,575, which rose to 1,17,625 in March. The figure went up to 1,86,853 in April.
The number of doses administered crossed the two lakh mark in May when a total of 2,21,808 doses were given to recipients of all age groups. The tally rose to 2,74,860 and then 3,52,925 in June and July respectively.
The pace of vaccination gained momentum in the second week of August, and a total of 5,84,496 jabs were given in August alone. However, September broke all previous records, and the number of vaccine shots given in September equalled the total number of jabs given in July and August months together.
Till September 30, as many as 27,26,097 jabs have been given to eligible recipients, which includes 21,49,901 recipients of first dose and 5,76,196 recipients of second dose. This figure shows that around 13% of recipients in the district are fully vaccinated now.
District immunization officer and additional chief medical officer, Dr Teerath Lal, told TOI that the department is making sincere efforts to achieve its set target, and more health teams have been engaged to administer jabs to all recipients.
“Health teams have done a wonderful job during the mega vaccination camps. Many factors such as hard work and sincerity of health workers, micro plans to take the vaccination drive to remote areas, efforts of basic health workers to convince rural folks to get vaccinated have helped the health department script success stories,” said Dr Lal.
Figures also revealed that the number of vaccine recipients aged between 18 and 44 years was five times more than that of the recipients aged above 45 years.
However, now one can see recipients of all age groups lined up at rural and urban vaccination centres to get themselves jabbed.