Keypoints:
- The vaccination drive in the state will take place in three phases.
- 1st phase to include 8-10 lakh health workers, 2nd phase to include 15 lakh frontline workers along with police personnel.
On Saturday, the first phase of dry run of COVID vaccine ended at six different hospitals in Lucknow and at that day, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that vaccination will be starting across the state around the festival of Makar Sankranti which will be celebrated on January 14.
On the Gorakhpur collectorate premises, while the CM was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the multi storey lawyers building the CM added that while major countries like America and Britain are battling the global pandemic for the past 10 months, Uttar Pradesh as well as other countries have overcome it under the central leadership.
“Dry run of COVID-19 vaccination is underway. On 5th January, dry run will be conducted across the state. I am confident that we will be able to bring vaccine around ‘Makar Sankranti’ and successfully defeat coronavirus,” Yogi said at an event.
CM also added that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has also appreciated the efforts of the largest populous state in bringing the best outcome of controlling the virus.
The CMs announcement came on a day the state had held a dry run of the vaccination drive.Earlier, the CM had said the state is close to defeating coronavirus through its collective efforts.
“Two months ago, there were over 68,000 active cases of Covid-19 in UP, and now it has come down to 13,000 today. The recovery rate in UP is the best at 97 per cent, and death rate is around 1 per cent. Soon we will conquer this pandemic totally,” he said.
The vaccination drive in the state will be taking place in three phases.
1st phase : 8 – 8.5 lakh health workers.
2nd phase : 15 lakh frontline workers and police personnel
Speaking about the early stages of pandemic which forced nationwide lockdown and led to migrant crisis, CM said that over 40 lakh migrant workers returned to the state. He also added that the government had made all efforts to prove them employment near their homes and also looked to it that their pace of development remained unaffected.
