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Karnataka achieves 100% first dose Covid vaccine coverage: Health minister

The Times of India | 23/01/2022 03:45 PM | Click to read full article

Karnataka on Sunday achieved 100% coverage of the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine among its eligible population, Karnataka health minister Dr. K Sudhakar said.

He also claimed that Karnataka became the first state in the country to achieve this feat. "We made it! It took us exactly 1 year and 7 days to achieve 100% first dose coverage. Karnataka is the first state in the country (over 4 crore adult population) to achieve this feat", Sudhakar tweeted.

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