Tika Utsav: A.P. CM Jagan Mohan Reddy asks PM Modi to provide 25 lakh vaccine doses
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Chief Minister Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide 25 lakh doses of COVID19 vaccine to the State for administration through the Tika Utsav that begins on (*25*) 11.
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In the letter dated (*25*) 9 to Mr. Modi, Mr. Jagan stated, “Your variety name for ‘Tika Utsav’ from eleventh (*25*) to 14th (*25*) is a much-needed step to give the required push to completely different sections of the society to come ahead for vaccination. We have deliberate to take this chance and take part on a big scale. The Utsav shall be taken up in a single village and one ward beneath the jurisdiction of each Primary Health Centre (PHC).
“My state has a system of volunteers where a dedicated volunteer takes care of the needs of 50 families. Volunteers would be roped in to mobilise eligible persons. We share cover 1,145 villages and 259wards every day. If four days, 4,580 villages and 1,036 urban wards shall be covered to ensure all persons above 45 are vaccinated,” Mr. Jagan stated within the letter.
“We have drawn out an action plan to cover six lakh people including four lakh in rural and two lakh in urban areas per day totaling to 24 lakh people in four days of the Tika Utsav. Currently, my state has only two lakh doses and another two lakh doses are expected to be received today. There is an urgent need for another 25 lakh doses which if made available before April 11, the Tika Utsav can be grandly celebrated under your able leadership,” Mr. Jagan wrote.
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