Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Punjab have so far registered the lowest coverage of COVID vaccination, with India reporting 0.18% Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) and 0.002% hospitalisation till now, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The three States recorded 34.9%, 34.6% and 27.6% coverage respectively.
At the other end of the spectrum, Lakshadweep (89.3%), Sikkim (85.7%), Odisha (82.6%), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (81.9%), Telangana (81.1%), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (80.8%), Arunachal Pradesh (75.4%), U.P. (71.4%) and Rajasthan (71.3%) have registered a good response.
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“We are in constant touch with all these States that have registered below 50% uptake to address various issues that they may be facing including technology glitches or vaccine hesitancy,”said Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan at the briefing. “We have seen vaccine hesitancy during polio, measles etc and this isn’t a new phenomenon. We will…