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Punjab starts slow on Day 1 of free vax drive, administers 93,224 jabs

Punjab starts slow on Day 1 of free vax drive, administers 93,224 jabs

As many as 14,956 shots were given in Ludhiana district, followed by 12,969 in Jalandhar and 10,260 in Hoshiarpur. Mansa (535), Fazilka (986) and Sri Muktsar Sahib (1,171) were among the districts where the drive got a poor response despite ample availability.As many as 14,956 shots were given in Ludhiana district, followed by 12,969 in Jalandhar and 10,260 in Hoshiarpur. Mansa (535),Fazilka (986) and Sri Muktsar Sahib (1,171) were among the districts where the drive got a poor response despite ample availability.

The data procured from CoWIN website revealed that neighbouring Haryana administered over 4.7 lakh jabs on the day whereas Himachal inoculated 98,000 people and Uttrakhand over one lakh.According to senior government officials involved in the drive, the state has enough stock of vaccines (3 lakh at present), but there was low response on the first day because they are carrying out targeted vaccination of a few categories in the initial days.Punjab would get 7 lakh more jabs in the coming days from the allotted quota of 14 lakh as per the plans sent by the Centre to the states.Till now, Punjab has crossed its one-lakh-jabs-a-day target only once on May 26 when 1,00,654 vaccines were administered.The state has vaccinated 55,17,168 people out of which 8,66,907 have received two doses.

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