Chhattisgarh close to achieving 100% of the target of providing first dose of COVID vaccine to all the citizens of age 18 and above

Raipur: Chhattisgarh is
really close to achieving 100 per cent of the target of providing the first
dose of COVID vaccine to all the citizens of the state. 99 per cent people of
this age group have received the first dose of the vaccine, while 68 per cent
people are fully vaccinated against Covid. In Chhattisgarh, more than 55 per
cent of the adolescents in age group 15-18 years have received the first dose
of COVID vaccine. Moreover, nearly 1.47 lakh people in the state have taken
precaution dose as well.

So far (till January
19) a total of three crore 38 lakh two thousand 173 doses of the COVID vaccines
have been administered in the state. As many as one crore 94 lakh seven
thousand 335 people of age 18 years and above have received the first dose of
COVID vaccine in the state. Meanwhile, one crore 33 lakh 41 thousand 649 people
in the state have got both the doses of the vaccines. Ever since the
vaccination for the age group of 15 to 18 years was introduced on January 3,
nine lakh six thousand 024 adolescents in Chhattisgarh have been vaccinated so
far.