Over 5 crore administered Covid vaccine in Raj

Jaipur, Sep 13 (IANS) Over five crore people in Rajasthan have been administered vaccine doses till 4 pm on Monday, health officials said.Health Minister Raghu Sharma said that health workers are doing their job diligently due to which over 5 crore people have been administered vaccine doses in a very short span of time.Sharma said that till Monday evening, out of the targeted population of 5,14,95,402 - the first dose has been administered to 3.73 crore people and the second dose to 1.27 crore people, thus a total of 5,00,78,073 people have been inoculated with the Covid vaccine.Although Covid cases have come down in the state, the threat of the pandemic still persists.Experts say there is a need to maintain special vigilance looking at the possibility of a third wave of Covid-19, Sharma said, as he urged people to strictly follow all the Covid protocols.
--IANS arc/arm