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Uttar Pradesh government to launch vaccination drive for people aged between 12 and 18 soon: Read here

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced that a full fledged vaccination drive for people aged between 12 and 18 group will start very soon in the state.

Currently, those above 18 years of age are being inoculated against the virus across the country.

“Vaccine for people in the age group of 12-18 years is coming soon. We will vaccinate everyone,” Adityanath said during his visit to Deoria.

The chief minister went to Katrari village and interacted with the Gram Pradhan as well as the members of the Covid monitoring committee.

He said that active surveillance committees played a major role in the door-to-door screening of people to curb Covid cases. “Timely identification of symptoms and then the distribution of medical kits and isolation helped in keeping the spread of the disease in control,” Adityanath said.

Further, the chief minister emphasised creating awareness in the village about encephalitis, the UP government said in a statement.

People should avoid open defecation and keep the village clean, it added.

Adityanath later went to the Primary Health Centre in Majhgawan to inspect the vaccination campaign  and asked the people, who had come for their jabs, to inspire others as well

 

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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