LUCKNOW: Completing its Mission June, Uttar Pradesh vaccinated 1 crore persons six days before the deadline. By 7 pm on Thursday, the state had administered 1,03,11,049 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. The state government had set a target of vaccinating one crore beneficiaries in June with an average of more than 3 lakh doses per day. The next goal is to vaccinate 10 crore people in the next three months. This is the fastest vaccination exercise conducted anywhere in the country, say Uttar Pradesh health officials.

"So far, Maharashtra is the only state which is ahead of UP in terms of total doses given. But the western state has been able to dispense about 70 lakh doses in the past 24 days. UP's achievement came at a 30 percent faster rate," said the government spokesperson. Uttar Pradesh is also way ahead of the other states like Gujarat which has undertaken about 63 lakh vaccinations in June so far.

Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have achieved 67 lakh and 52 lakh vaccinations respectively, in the same period. Although the target was achieved in 24 days, technically it took just 21 days as only a few private centres hold immunization sessions on Sundays, a senior officer said.

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