This story is from June 16, 2021

Mission June: Uttar Pradesh jabs past halfway

More than 50% target of Mission June was achieved on Tuesday with the state administering 53.2 lakh vaccinations over 15 days, galloping towards its goal of immunising over one crore citizens this month.
Mission June: Uttar Pradesh jabs past halfway
On an overall scale, 2.38 crore doses of vaccine have been dispensed in the state. (Representative image)
Lucknow: More than 50% target of Mission June was achieved on Tuesday with the state administering 53.2 lakh vaccinations over 15 days, galloping towards its goal of immunising over one crore citizens this month.
Data from CoWin portal updated till 10 pm shows a record 4.04 lakh vaccinations undertaken on Tuesday, aggregating the total jabs given since launch of Mission June to 53.22 lakh.

On an overall scale, 2.38 crore doses of vaccine have been dispensed in the state. This includes 1.99 crore persons taking at least one dose and 38.75 lakh getting fully vaccinated.
Data also showed majority of those vaccinated were in the 18-44 age-group and over 56 lakh civilians have taken the shot since the launch of the 18+ vaccine drive on May 1.
Additional chief secretary health Amit Mohan Prasad said, “We hope to meet the goal set by the state government by month-end. UP is gearing up to vaccinate 10 crore persons over the next few months.” Earlier, chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed health officials to administer 10-12 lakh vaccinations from July.
Analysis of CoWin data indicated Lucknow (11.58 lakh) ranks best while Chitrakoot (81,502) finished last in the overall list. The best performers include Gautam Budh Nagar (9.04 lakh), Ghaziabad (7.72 lakh), Meerut (7.62 lakh), Kanpur Nagar (7.33 lakh), Prayagraj (7.02 lakh) Gorakhpur (6.57 lakh), Bareilly (6.33 lakh), Agra (6.33) and Saharanpur (5.13 lakh).
Officials attributed facilitation measures, including guardian special booths, woman special sites for the success of Mission June.
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Shailvee Sharda

Journalist with the Times of India since August 2004, Shailvee Sharda writes on Health, Culture and Politics. Having covered the length and breadth of UP, she brings stories that define elements like human survival and its struggle, faiths, perceptions and thought processes that govern the decision making in everyday life, during big events such as an election, tangible and non-tangible cultural legacy and the cost and economics of well-being. She keenly follows stories that celebrate hope and life in general.

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