Noida: Uttar Pradesh has commenced the Covid vaccination drive for 18+ age group immediately and the vaccination centres additionally witnessed lengthy queues of adults.
While the much-awaited vaccination drive has began, there have been stories suggesting that the Yogi Adityanath authorities has determined to vaccinate solely those that are residents of the state. Reports said that the 18+ age group wanted a everlasting resident proof of Uttar Pradesh to get vaccinated.
However, Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh refuted all claims relating to such stories and mentioned that there was no such determination taken by the Yogi authorities.
Jai Pratap Singh spoke to ABP News and mentioned, “Registration for vaccination is being conducted only and there is no such guideline that only Uttar Pradesh resident will get the Covid Vaccine. People from any state who have registered online and have got a slot are eligible for inoculation in the state.”
An enormous Covid vaccination program for 18-44 years age group has commenced immediately. The drive is being performed in 17 municipal firms and Gautam Buddh Nagar space.
“The vaccination drive will be held in Aligarh, Agra, Prayagraj, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Bareilly, Meerut, Moradabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Saharanpur, Firozabad, Mathura-Vrindavan, Ayodhya and Shahjahanpur municipal corporations and Gautam Buddh Nagar,” the CM mentioned on Sunday.
CM Yogi additionally mentioned that within the age group of 18-44 years, a couple of lakh vaccines have been administered. The vaccination for individuals on this age group began on May 1 for seven districts within the state, specifically Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Meerut, and Bareilly.
Though UP has commenced the vaccination drive in some districts immediately, the 18+ age group continues to be struggling to get a slot on the Cowin web site/app amid the scarcity.
(With inputs from Balram Pandey)
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