50% of India's adult population has received first Covid-19 vaccine dose
By Vipin Vijayan | First Published Aug 26, 2021, 10:07 PM ISTConfirming the development, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took to Twitter to state that 5️0 per cent of the eligible population had been inoculated with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Narendra Modi government on Thursday revealed that the country had inoculated 50 per cent of its eligible population with the first dose Covid-19 vaccine.
Confirming the development, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took to Twitter to state that 5️0 per cent of the eligible population had been inoculated with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
India achieves unprecedented milestone!
5️⃣0️⃣% of the eligible population inoculated with the first dose of vaccine.
Keep it up India 👏
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Data revealed by the health ministry revealed that the country's vaccination coverage had crossed 61 crores (61,10,43,573). Nearly 68 lakh vaccine doses were administered on Thursday alone.
The Modi government has been pushing the states to accelerate the pace of Covid-19 vaccination throughout the country.
According to the Union Health Ministry, the vaccination campaign has been ramped up through the availability of more vaccines, accurate projections of vaccine requirements for states and Union territories and streamlining the supply chain.
The Centre has been providing vaccines free of cost to the states and Union Territories. The central government has been procuring and supplying 75% of the vaccines being produced by the country's manufacturers free of cost.
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