International Yoga Day: MP plans to inoculate 10 lakh people against Covid-19
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Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Sunday that his government will start a 'Vaccination Mahaabhiyan (grand campaign)' from Monday, on the occasion of International Yoga Day. The initiative is yet another bid by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to increase the vaccination coverage in the state where daily cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) are on a downward slide. Chouhan further said that his government will attempt to inoculate 10 lakh people in a single day (on Monday) as part of the grand campaign on International Yoga Day."We have decided to start a 'Vaccination Mahaabhiyan' tomorrow, on the occasion of International Yoga Day. 7000 centers have been set up, an effort will be made to vaccinate over 10 lakh people at these centers tomorrow itself," the chief minister was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.Madhya Pradesh on Saturday recorded 110 new cases of Covid-19 and 30 related fatalities that took the tally of infections to 7,89,174 and death toll to 8,737, according to the state health department.
At least 365 patients were discharged from hospitals in a 24-hour span, taking the count of recoveries to 7,77,995.
