96,515 people boosted so far

96,515 people boosted so far

By Rashika Kumar
Saturday 19/02/2022

96,515 people have received booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine so far while 93.1% of the adult target population have received two doses.

The Health Ministry says for the month of February, a further 175,558 have become eligible for booster doses and they are targeting to cover all these eligible individuals in the days ahead.

98.2% of the adult target population have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

30,905 children between the ages of 15 to 17 and 12,336 children between the ages of 12 to 14 are fully vaccinated.

37,628 children between the ages of 15 to 17 and 22,290 children between the ages of 12 to 14 have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

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