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Covid vaccination drive to continue as per priority: UP CM Adityanath

Though the state has witnessed a significant drop in Covid-19 cases, utmost alertness should be maintained, he said

Published on: Jan 18, 2021 08:40 am IST
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A day after the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive was launched, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the vaccination drive should continue as per the sequence of priority and central government guidelines.

A medic administers the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary in the presence of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on January 16. (PTI)

“There must not be any deviation in the sequence of priority of the vaccination drive. The state on Saturday gave vaccine doses to 22,643 persons,” Adityanath said according to a government statement.

Adityanath had earlier said that everyone must wait for their turn and no one should plan to jump the queue.

Also Read: In India, the story of Covid-19 vaccines

The chief minister was speaking at the Covid-19 review meeting here.

He reviewed Saturday’s vaccination drive and told officials to “organise and execute the vaccination work well.”

“Though the state has witnessed a significant drop in Covid-19 cases, utmost alertness should be maintained. Continue sensitising people about Covid-19 using all possible means. All Covid-19 hospitals must be well equipped with medicines, equipment, and medical oxygen,” he said.

 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pankaj Jaiswal

Pankaj Jaiswal is Chief of Bureau, Uttar Pradesh and covers politics. His continued interest in rural, distress, and development journalism, fetched him a handful of prestigious awards and fellowships. Pankaj is a photo-journalist too and tweets at @augustus29lotus

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