India crosses landmark of 900 million Covid vaccinations, says health minister
This landmark number assumes significance as the government is aiming to vaccinate every adult individual by December 2021.
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New Delhi, October 02: In the major development, India has crossed the landmark of 90 crore COVID-19 vaccinations, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday.
"Shastri ji gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan - Jai Kisan'. Revered Atal Ji added 'Jai Vigyan' and PM @Narendra Modi Ji gave the slogan 'Jai Anusandhan'. Today the result of anusandhan is this corona vaccine.#JaiAnusandhan," Mandaviya tweeted.
This landmark number assumes significance as the government is aiming to vaccinate every adult individual by December 2021. As per the CoWIN dashboard, 90,10,04,270 Covid vaccine doses have been administered across the country so far. Of this 65,69,56,299 are first doses, while 24,40,47,971 are second doses.
So far, 46,70,46,633 men have been vaccinated in the country, while 43,03,09,958 vaccine doses have been given to women.Of the total vaccine doses administered so far, 79,29,85,302 were Covishield doses, 10,36,04,599 were Covaxin does, and the rest were Sputnik V doses.Uttar Pradesh has seen the most vaccinations at 10,90,16,352 doses, followed by Maharashtra (8,31,71,551), Madhya Pradesh (6,38,54,081), Gujarat (6,13,33,339), and West Bengal (5,85,50,307).
The nationwide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers (HCWs) getting inoculated in the first phase. The vaccination of frontline workers (FLWs) started on February 2.
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