COVID-19: India vaccinates over 90 lakh people in a day; Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya says 'historic'

COVID-19: India vaccinates over 90 lakh people in a day; Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya says 'historic'

With this, India has administered more than 62 crore COVID-19 vaccines.

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Friday, August 27, 2021, 07:43 PM IST
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A medical worker prepares a dose of the Covishield, AstraZeneca-Oxfords Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine. | AFP Photo

India on Friday vaccinated over 90 lakh people against COVID-19.

Union Health Minister Mandaviya took to Twitter wrote: "Congratulations to the citizens as India today administers historic 90 lakh #COVID19 vaccines until now - and still counting!"

With this, India has administered more than 62 crore COVID-19 vaccines.

Meanwhile, more than 4.05 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with States and Union Territories for inoculation, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.

Over 58.86 crore vaccine doses have been provided to the states and Union Territories so far and more than 17.64 lakh doses are in the pipeline, the Ministry said in a statement.

It said more than 4.05 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the States and Union Territories for inoculation.

The Union government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of Covid vaccination throughout the country, it added.

The new phase of universalisation of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from June 21.

The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to the states and Union Territories for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain, the statement said.

(With PTI inputs)

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