Madhya Pradesh

• 17 Dec 2021

Vaccination Mahabhiyan-10

Why in news

Vaccination Mahabhiyan-10 was conducted in Madhya Pradesh on December 16, 2021, in which the state has once again set a record by administering 15 lakh vaccine doses in a day to provide protection against corona infection.

Key Points

• In the vaccination campaign-10 till 9 pm, 14 lakh 89 thousand 331 citizens were given vaccine doses. The people-participation model of Madhya Pradesh has played an important role in this achievement of the state.
• In this vaccination campaign all arrangements for vaccination were made at more than 11,000 immunization centers. Vaccination started at the centers at 9 AM, which continued throughout the day.
• So far, 5 crore 18 lakh 5 thousand 926 citizens have been given the first dose of vaccine and 4 crore 52 lakh 42 thousand 372 citizens have been given both doses of vaccine.
• Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the target of the state government is to get all the citizens of Madhya Pradesh both doses of anti-Covid vaccine at the earliest. To achieve this goal, a series of vaccination campaigns is being run in the state from June 21, 2021.
• People's representatives, officials of social organizations, crisis management committees, workers of Jan Abhiyan Parishad and people of the health department are working to make the vaccination campaign a success.