Gujarat govt expands 18-44 age group covid vaccination to all districts from June 4

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today announced a decision that from tomorrow onward, covid19 vaccination for 18-44 age group will be expanded to all districts of Gujarat. So far vaccination for this age group was limited to ten districts with high number of Covid-19 cases. Rupani said vaccination for youths started on 1st May this year with daily 30,000 doses administered and later scaled up to 1.25 lakh doses per day. Now onward as many as 2.25 lakh youths in 18-44 age group will be vaccinated everyday. In addition to this daily 75,000 persons in 45 plus age group will also be vaccinated. Thus the total number of doses administered every day will be scaled up to 3 lakh. So far over 18 lakh youths have been vaccinated in ten districts. With expansion, as many as 1200 centres across talukas and districts Statewide will see 18-44 age group vaccination against Covid19 from tomorrow(4th of June). Those registered for covid vaccination and have received SMS only will be vaccinated. DeshGujarat