India becomes fastest country to give 14 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, achieves feat in 99 days

New Delhi: India on Saturday (April 24, 2021) grew to become the fastest country to give 14 crore coronavirus vaccine doses, a feat achieved on the 99th day of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

The cumulative variety of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered throughout the country stands at 14,08,02,794, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s provisional report at 8 pm on Saturday.

These embrace 92.89 lakh Healthcare Workers (HCWs) who’ve taken the first dose and 59.94 lakh HCWs who’ve taken the 2nd dose. Over 1.19 crore Frontline Workers (FLWs) have additionally taken the first dose and 62.77 lakh FLWs have taken the 2nd vaccine shot. 

Around 4.76 crore individuals aged between 45-60 have taken the primary shot, whereas, 23.22 lakh individuals of the identical age group have taken the second dose.

4.96 crore individuals above 60 years have additionally taken the primary dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, whereas 77.02 lakh have taken the second shot.

Phase-I of the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive was launched on January 16, 2021, which prioritized the safety of the well being care staff and entrance line staff. 

Subsequently, phase-II was initiated from March 1 and April 1, which centered on defending probably the most weak, ie, everybody above 45 years of age. 

Phase-III, scheduled to start from May 1, will (*14*)witness everybody above the age of 18 getting the vaccine towards COVID-19. 

In India, the Emergency Use Authorisation has up to now been granted to two indigenously manufactured vaccines – COVISHEILD of Serum Institute of India and COVAXIN of Bharat Biotech, On the opposite hand, a 3rd vaccine, Sputnik, which is presently manufactured overseas, will ultimately be manufactured in India.
 

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