92% Covid Patients Who Died Weren't Vaccinated: Meghalaya Chief Minister

The Meghalaya Chief Minister said that of the 749 Covid deaths in the state - the state with second highest mortality rate of 1.68 per cent in the region after Nagaland (1.97 per cent) - at least 691 people were not vaccinated.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said that 92 per cent of those who died due to COVID-19 in the state had not taken even a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine. He said that of the 749 Covid deaths in Meghalaya - the state with second highest mortality rate of 1.68 per cent in the region after Nagaland (1.97 per cent) - at least 691 people were not vaccinated. The Chief Minister's statement comes as vaccination hesitancy is affecting the state's inoculation coverage. The Ministry of Health and Family welfare had on Wednesday said Meghalaya has inoculated only 74 percent of its healthcare workers with the first dose and only 48 percent people in the category have received their second dose. The state has also performed poorly in terms of vaccinating its frontline workers, those above 45 and those above 18.