Lakshadweep close to achieving full COVID-19 vaccination coverage
The Hindu
“Lakshadweep (99.2%) is close to achieving full COVID-19 vaccination of its eligible population, while Sikkim has achieved 87.8%, Goa 79.7% and Andaman and Nicobar Islands 72.2%,” an official source said.
Lakshadweep is close to achieving full vaccination of its eligible population while the coverage is more than 70% in Sikkim, Goa and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, sources said on Saturday as the cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 108 crore.
Around 78.7% of India’s adult population has received at least one dose of vaccine, with nine States and Union Territories administering the first dose to all its 18-plus age group population, according to Union Health Ministry officials.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.