All above 45 years in J-K will be vaccinated by June end: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced on Sunday that all people in Jammu and Kashmir over the age of 45 will be immunised against Covid-19 by the end of this month.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said all people above 45 years in Jammu and Kashmir will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of this month. According to a Personnel Ministry statement, the minister has been informed that with the Centre's “free vaccine for all” impetus to the countrywide vaccination drive from June 21, over 30 per cent of beneficiaries in the 18 to 45 years age group in Jammu and Kashmir would receive anti-coronavirus vaccines. Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel, reviewed the vaccination drive with the Jammu and Kashmir authorities at a nearly two-hour-long meeting held in the civil secretariat in Jammu.