ThePunjabgovernment vaccinated 16,932 persons in the age group of 18-44 years, taking the total number of vaccinated people in this group to 4,27,329.
All of them have been administered Covishieldvaccine. The entire target was met by the for this group without wasting any dose.
The state nodal officer for vaccination Vikas Garg said that priority groups in the age group of 18-44 years were formed by the state government and these were vaccinated vigorously. He said the state government had received a total of 4.29 lakh doses for this age group.
Giving details of vaccination recipients, the state nodal officer said that 3,328 people with co-morbidities, 3,326 registered construction workers and their families, 7,463 unregistered construction workers and their families, 2,485 members of Health workers families and 330 jail inmates have been vaccinated.