Booster dose drive starts, focus on Covid Protection Ring

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Karnataka would like to ensure a ‘Covid Protection Ring’ around its citizens, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai after launching the booster dose vaccination for health workers and senior citizens in the city.

The CM said the state has achieved 100 per cent first dose vaccination and 77 per cent second dose vaccination. “We want to achieve 80 percent by January end and action will be taken to intensify the second round of vaccination,” he said.