₹35,000 crore for the COVID-19 vaccination drive in the 2021-22 budget. "On January 16, India started its national vaccination programme against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
That day witnessed vaccination of the highest number of beneficiaries anywhere in the world on the first day. Back then, our priority was to use the COVID-19 vaccine as a shield to protect our healthcare and frontline workers."Within the first 34 days, we touched 1 crore vaccination, and in the subsequent weeks, we opened the vaccination to other priority groups.
Throughout this vaccination drive, our focus has been on keeping the services as citizen-friendly as possible," Vardhan said.To speed up the pace of the vaccination drive, the Centre has lifted time restrictions and.