Vaccination picks up pace 'About 20 thousand vaccinated daily'
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 22 2021:
Amidst the ongoing 10-day curfew which will be effective till July 27, the State Government is vaccinating 20,000 people on average against the COVID-19.Till 5 pm today, 23,444 people were administered Covid vaccine shots for the day as per the figure uploaded in the Covid portal of the Government.
Speaking to The Sangai Express, State Mission Director Dr Shyamjai said that the number of people vaccinated against the disease on the first day of the ongoing curfew was a little over 4,000 as the day was a Sunday.
From the second day onwards, 20,000 to 23,000 were vaccinated, the doctor said and added that as many as 11,11,138 people have received the Covid vaccine jab till yesterday.
Of the total figure, 1,31,242 are fully vaccinated against the disease, he added.
Saying that vaccination is the key to prevent Covid infections, Dr Shyamjai appealed to the people to get vaccinated at the earliest.
There is no restriction on people going out for Covid vaccination, he said.