95% of Indians got first Covid vaccine dose, 74% are fully-vaccinated: MoH
The total vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 164.35 crores on Thursday.
New Delhi: Over 95% of India's eligible adult population has been
administered the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine while 74% are fully
inoculated against coronavirus, the Union health ministry said on Thursday as
the total vaccine doses administered has crossed 164.35 crores.
Till 7 pm, 49,69,805 vaccine doses have been
administered.
As many as 1,03,04,847
precaution doses have been administered to healthcare and frontline workers and
those aged 60 and above with comorbidities.
Additionally, 44281254 adolescents in the 15-18 years
age group have been given the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The daily vaccination
tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the
day by late tonight.
Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
congratulated the nation for the remarkable achievement.
In a tweet, he said
that India has achieved the record of administering the first dose of the
Covid-19 vaccine to more than 95 per cent of its eligible population.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
hard work of health workers and public participation, the country is
continuously moving forward in this campaign, he said.
The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on
January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first
phase.
India began administering precaution dose of Covid-19
vaccine to healthcare workers, frontline workers including personnel deployed
for election duty and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities from January
10 amid the country witnessing a spike in coronavirus infections fuelled by
Omicron variant of the virus.
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