Vijayawada: The booster dose vaccination for senior citizens aged above 60 and medical staff in AP started on Monday and 1,12,575 persons took the booster dose on the first day.
As many as 11,269 senior citizens above 60 years of age, 69,884 Health Care Workers (HCW) and 31,422 Front Line Workers (FLW) were vaccinated in 13 districts on the first day.
The highest number of 1786 senior citizens vaccinated were in East Godavari district followed by 1619 in Srikakulam, 1143 in Vizianagaram, 1132 in West Godavari, 971 in Nellore, 688 in Chittoor, 680 in Krishna, 661 in Prakasam, 643 in Kadapa, 538 in Guntur, 524 in Kurnool, 484 in Visakhapatnam and the least number of 400 senior citizens got booster dose in Anantapur district.
The highest number of FLW of 7824 were vaccinated in Nellore district followed by 3734 in East Godavari, 3319 in West Godavari, 3163 in Prakasam, 1962 in Vizianagaram, 1940 in Kadapa, 1884 in Chittoor, 1622 in Guntur, 1592 in Kurnool, 1500 in Srikakulam, 1148 in Anantapur, 1055 in Krishna and the least number of 679 FLWs vaccinated in Visakhapatnam district.
The highest number of 10526 HCWs vaccinated in Nellore district followed by 7510 in Srikakulam, 7082 in West Godavari, 6389 in Krishna, 5760 in Anantapur, 5367 in East Godavari, 5222 in Chittoor, 5074 in Prakasam, 4215 in Guntur, 3594 in Kurnool, 3558 in Kadapa, 3325 in Vizianagaram and the least number of 2262 HCWs were vaccinated in Visakhapatnam district.
