New Delhi: Vaccinating people on a war footing to build herd immunity to combat the third wave, India has administered over 10 crore vaccine shots across the country in about two weeks.
The country has, so far, administrated 70 crore doses of vaccine against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.
Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya wrote on Twitter while congratulating all health workers for achieving the milestone, “Soaring higher on COVID-19 vaccination under PM (Prime Minister) @NarendraModi ji’s leadership. 70,00,00,000 vaccine doses administered to date, Congratulations to all the health workers and people for this momentous achievement,” he tweeted.
On Monday, India administered more than 1.13 crore doses of theCovid-19 vaccine, achieving the feat of crossing the 1-crore mark thrice in the last 11 days. With the administration of 1,13,53,571 vaccine doses on Monday, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage had already surpassed the cumulative figure of 69.90Crore as of 7am today.
Mandaviya said that India administered the first 10 crore vaccine doses in 85 days, while crossed the 20-crore mark in the next 45 days. India took another 29 days to reach the30 crore landmark.