India achieves another vaccine milestone, overtakes US as 32.3 crore receive Covid shot

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New Delhi, Jun 28, 2021: Amid a dip in fresh cases of Covid-19 in the country on Monday, India achieved another milestone when India overtook the US in total number of vaccine doses administered so far.

 

According to Union health ministry data on Monday, 32.36 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive. The US has given 33.33 crore Covid-19 doses so far.

 

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The Centre on Saturday told the Supreme Court that till June 25 more than 31 crore Covid vaccine doses have been administered across the country which includes over 1.73 crore doses to Health Care Workers (HCWs).

Over 2.66 crore doses have been administered to Frontline Workers (FLWs), over 9.93 crores doses to persons between 45 to 59 years of age and over 8.96 crore doses to persons above the age of 60 years, it said.

The government said besides these, over 7.84 crore doses have been administered to persons between 18 to 44 years of age.

"Total 44.2 per cent of the priority population of persons above 45 years of age and 13 per cent of the population group of 18-44 years of age have received the first vaccine dose," the Centre said in its affidavit filed in the top court in the suo motu matter on Covid-19 management.

In May, 7,95,29,990 doses were available for the national Covid-19 vaccination programme, it said.

The Centre said each state is informed by it in writing about the number of vaccine doses it would receive on a monthly basis and this exercise is absolutely essential so as to have uniform vaccination throughout the country.

"This endeavour can be successful only by treating India as one unit and considering the question on a pan-India basis. This can be achieved only with each state following the discipline in letter and spirit, and be in tune with simultaneous vaccination of the country avoiding any demands by one state at the cost of other states and residents of the rest of the country," it said.

The Centre added that it is in constant and direct touch with state governments to ensure that these facilities are created and augmented on war footing.

Courtesy:India Today