India News | Gadag First in K'taka to Achieve 100% First Dose COVID Vaccination Among 15-17 Yrs
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Thursday said Gadag became the first district in the state to achieve 100 per cent first dose COVID-19 vaccination coverage among 15-17 year age group.
Bengaluru, Feb 3 (PTI) Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Thursday said Gadag became the first district in the state to achieve 100 per cent first dose COVID-19 vaccination coverage among 15-17 year age group.
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He noted that over all first dose vaccination coverage among this age group in the state is 72 per cent.
"Gadag becomes the first district in Karnataka to achieve 100 per cent FIRST dose coverage among 15-17 year children. Overall first dose coverage among children in Karnataka is 72 per cent," Sudhakar said in a tweet.
According to data shared by the Minister in his tweet, out of 55,880 targeted adolescents in this age group in Gadag 55,735 have been vaccinated; while across the state, against the overall target of 31,75,000 adolescents 22,95,996 have been vaccinated with first dose.
Followed by Gadag, first dose vaccination coverage in Kodagu is 98 per cent, Udupi 88 per cent, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada 84 per cent.
Vaccination drive for adolescents in the age group of 15-17 years had begun on January 3.
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