Summary:
Shimla, Dec 5 (PTI) BJP president and Rajya Sabha member Jagat Prakash Nadda inaugurated an out-patient department (OPD) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.
Nadda, who hails from Bilaspur, inaugurated the OPD before a function at AIIMS to mark the achievement of Himachal Pradesh of becoming the first state to fully vaccinate 100 per cent of its adult population against COVID-19.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Union minister Anurag Thakur were present on the occasion.
The function also honoured those COVID-19 workers who played a significant role in the vaccination drive and gave them certificates.
As many as 53,86,393 eligible adults have been administered the second dose, a state official said.
Himachal Pradesh was also the first state to achieve the 100 per cent first dose vaccination of its adult population by the end of August.