Covid-19 vaccine, said Union health minister Mansukh Madaviya on Thursday. “India achieves unprecedented milestone! 50% of the eligible population inoculated with the first dose of #COVID19 vaccine.
Keep it up India. Let us fight Corona (sic)," wrote Mandaviya on Twitter. This comes in the backdrop of the country having administered over 61 crore anti-Covid vaccines since the inoculation drive began on 16 January.
More than 60 lakh vaccines were given on Thursday. Cumulatively, 23,18,95,731 persons in the 18-44 category across all states and union territories have received their first dose and a total of 2,33,74,357 have received their second dose since the start of phase-3 of the vaccination drive.