75% of U.T. population given at least one dose of vaccine
The Hindu
The number of vaccine doses administered crosses 9 lakh
The number of vaccine doses administered against COVID-19 in the Union Territory has crossed the 9-lakh mark.
According to the Health Department, 10,905 persons, the highest single-day number in several weeks, received the jab on Sunday to take the aggregate number of doses administered in the Union Territory to 9,08,166.
As on Sunday, about 75% of the population has been partially or fully vaccinated.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists