Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to have fully vaccinated 16 crore people, official sources said on Sunday. After crossing the landmark of jabbing 15 crore people nearly 20 days ago, the state has given the anti-corona shot to nearly 16, 02, 66, 806 people, besides it has given 33.92 doses. Sources further said that 99% of the population in the state was fully vaccinated. The state has begun to administer booster shots from January 10 and given more than 5.2 million precaution doses. The state government has also provided anti-covid shots to the children aged from 12 to 17 years.
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More than 2, 60, 80, 634 vaccine doses have been administered to the children aged from 15 to 17 years. Similarly, over 1, 37, 51, 108 doses have been administered to the children of 12-14 years. According to the latest figures on CoWin, Uttar Pradesh has administered 17.54 crore first doses of the vaccine. The Uttar Pradesh government has launched an all-out war against covid-19.
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