Raipur. 12 January 2022. In Mungeli, 74 percent of adolescents were vaccinated in ten days, in Rajnandgaon 65 percent of children aged 15 to 18 years were vaccinatedVaccination of 8.14 lakh children of this age group in the state, first vaccine to prevent corona to more than 70 thousand teenagers in Raipur
To keep them safe from corona infection, rapid vaccination is being done in the state for adolescents between the ages of 15 and 18. The state has touched the 50 per cent mark on the tenth day after the introduction of immunization of adolescents in this age group in the country on January 3. During this, Mungeli district has the highest number of 74% children vaccinated against the target. In Rajnandgaon, 65 percent of the total target adolescents have been vaccinated. In Dhamtari, 64 percent and in Bemetara and Mahasamund 62-62 percent children have been given the first vaccine of corona vaccine.
So far 35 thousand 910 teenagers have been vaccinated against corona in Mungeli district. In Rajnandgaon 63 thousand 352 children of this age group have been vaccinated. To prevent corona infection, 31 thousand 114 adolescents have been vaccinated in Dhamtari, 34 thousand 609 in Bemetara and 40 thousand 295 in Mahasamund. In Raipur district, maximum 70 thousand 065 children have been given anti-coronavirus vaccine across the state. Raipur has also touched 50 percent target of vaccination set for the district.
So far eight lakh 14 thousand 097 adolescents have been vaccinated across the state. A total of 16 lakh 39 thousand 811 adolescents of this age group are to be vaccinated in the state. Only 39 per cent children have been vaccinated in Kerala so far, while Chhattisgarh has overtaken it with 50 per cent coverage. In the vaccination sites set up in all the districts in the state, teenagers are reaching out and getting vaccinated with enthusiasm. Adolescents born in the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 are being vaccinated at these centres.
