Special booths for Uttar Pradesh women to get vaccinated

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to start 'Special Pink Booths' or vaccination camps dedicated to women in a bid to encourage them to take the jabs. The government has called for building of 150 such "pink booths" across the 75 districts- one for each age category, 18-44 and 45+ respectively, in district women hospitals and district joint hospitals. As per need, such camps can be set up in tehsils as well, the state government said.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday said it was the first state to cross the 30-lakh mark in the 18-44 age category- highest in the country. Overall, the state has administered 2.02 crore doses, but only a little more than 1.5% of the people have been fully vaccinated. Out of the total doses, a little more than 40% have gone to females in the state, according to the CoWin dashboard statistics. UP CM Yogi Adityanath has instructed officials to prepare a strategy to administer 10 lakh doses a day in July.