Vax stocks merged, 25% of youths have got the jab

New Delhi: Every fourth Delhiite between

18 and 44 years

has received at least one dose of a

vaccine

against Covid-19, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Atishi said on Thursday. Of the more than

one lakh doses

administered on Wednesday, nearly

90%

were administered to the

youths

.

“With the increase in the vaccination drive for the youth due to the availability of stocks, we have been able to vaccinate 25% of them in Delhi, which means that this population has at least received the first jab,” Atishi said.

“It is important as the youths are the ones who need to step out of the house most often for earning livelihoods. Also, unlike the first wave of Covid 19, which affected the older and comorbid population more, the second wave impacted the youth population severely as well,” she said, adding that Delhi government hopes to vaccinate the entire youth population soon.

“Due to the clubbing of the stocks for both age groups, there has been an increase in the vaccines available for the youth,” the MLA said. “As of Wednesday, Delhi received more than 68,000 Covaxin doses and 80,000 Covishield doses, which totals to 10,24,000 vaccine doses available in the state. Currently, Delhi has 20 days of Covaxin and nine days of Covishield stocks,” she said, adding that Covaxin doses are being administered only to the second-dose recipients.

On Wednesday, nearly 90,000 doses were administered to the youth out of the 1,09,358 jabs. “Of this, 98,287 were first dose and 11,071 second dose. This takes the total doses administered in Delhi to 67,98,236, with more than 16 lakh people receiving both shots,” she said.

“All those who haven’t been vaccinated should come forward as soon as possible,” Atishi said. “All the vaccine centres are now eligible to administer vaccines to people of all age groups.”