NEW DELHI : India has crossed a significant milestone in the national countrywide vaccination programme as more than 211 crore COVID vaccination doses have been administered so far, the union health ministry said on Friday citing that on an average over 22 lakh precaution doses are being administered per day.
The central government had launched COVID Vaccine Amrit Mahotsav‘ campaign on July 15,to give an accelerate the coverage of precaution dose.
Under the campaign, free precaution dose is being provided at all government COVID vaccination centres for persons aged 18 years and above for 75 days (till 30th September).
So far, a total of 14.7 crore precaution doses have been administered, so far. This includes an additional 9.6 crore precaution doses which were administered during the campaign#LargestVaccineDrive#AmritMahotsav➡️Dr. @mansukhmandviya: More than 211 cr vaccine doses demonstrates the collective will of the country through “Jan Bhagidarihttps://t.co/g95Uzr3V70 pic.twitter.com/D4FCTYGHJl Further, the average daily doses administered has increased to 27.77 lakh doses per day from 11.4 lakh doses per day (of 15 days) prior to the launch of campaign.