Assam government sets target of fully vaccinating eligible population by January 15

The state government has set a target to fully vaccinate the eligible population by January 15 next year. The government will start a drive for 10 lakhs people, including those hesitant towards COVID-19 vaccination.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Assam government is targeting to inoculate estimated to be around 2.1 crore, with both doses by January 15 next year.

He added, “Our first dose coverage is almost 95 percent. We are starting a special drive from November 15 to include those people who are resistant to vaccines. These will include KarbiAnglong and Dima Hasao district. We have started reaching out to elderly people and doing vaccination at home. During the drive ministers and officials will camp in villages for seven days.”


He added that 77 lakh people have received double doses. We have around 2.1 crore eligible population for the vaccines and around 2,00,76,000 have received the first dose. Our second dose coverage is around 40 percent. ”

The chief minister said that once the state is fully vaccinated, the third wave of the pandemic will not have much impact on its people.