Guwahati Oct 29 PTI The Assam government is targeting to complete COVID-19 vaccination of all its eligible population estimated to be around 21 crore with both doses by January 15 next year Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on FridayAccordingly the first doses of vaccines to all the people above 18 years will be completed by November 20 Sarma said at a press conference hereWe have given 278 crore jabs to our people including 77 lakh people with double doses We have around 21 crore eligible population for the vaccines and around 20076000 have received the first dose he addedAll the willing and concerned people above 18 years of age have almost taken at least the first dose of vaccine and the remaining around 10 lakh people are a resistant population who are either not willing to take the jabs or some very senior people not able to come to the vaccine centres Sarma saidWe are targeting these 10 lakh people now and will launch a massive door-to-door vaccination drive for seven days in most interior places so that we will be able to vaccinate all the people by November 20If we can do that then we have set a target to complete vaccination of all our eligible people with both doses by January 15 next year he saidThe chief minister hoped that once the state is fully vaccinated the third wave of the pandemic will not have much impact on its people PTI TR SOM SOM

Six-year-old Raeesa Rawza Ahmed and five-year-old Aryan Ahmed from Assam have a grave concern and they want the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Himanta Biawa Sarma to do something about.  The concern being the loss of baby teeth and the difficulty in chewing their favourite food. You heard it right.  The siblings have letters to PM Modi and SM Sarma expressing concern […]