Tuesday, 22 June 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
In a major initiative to give a boost to the vaccination drive in Uttarakhand the state health department has decided to vaccinate at least one lakh people daily for four days from Monday. The resolve was reflected in the numbers on Monday when 1,14,168 people were vaccinated in 890 sessions in different parts of the state.
Informing about the campaign, the director general (DG) of state health services Dr Tripti Bahuguna said that the mega campaign is part of the strategy adopted by the union government. She said that 1.01 lakh people vaccinated on Monday were of the 18-44 year age group. The state immunisation officer, Dr K S Martolia said that under the campaign adequate vaccine doses would be available for next four days in 850 vaccine centres of the state.
