: India crosses 75-crore vaccination mark   #IndiaNEWS #Coronavirus New Delhi: India has crossed the landmark of administering 75 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses. This information was given Monday by

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India crosses 75-crore vaccination mark   #IndiaNEWS #Coronavirus
New Delhi: India has crossed the landmark of administering 75 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses. This information was given Monday by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. He said India’s vaccination drive continues to create new dimensions under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and with his mantra of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Prayas’ (together with everybody, with everybody’s efforts).
“Congratulations India! In the 75th year of independence, the country has crossed the figure of 75 crore vaccinations,� Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted with hashtags #SabkoVaccineMuftVaccine and #AazadiKaAmritMahotsav.
So far, all adults in six states and Union Territories Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Ladakh and Lakshadweep – have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
India took 85 days to touch the 10-crore vaccination mark, 45 more days to cross the 20-crore mark and 29 more days to reach 30 crore, Mandaviya said. In then reached the 40-crore mark in another 24 days and 20 more days to cross the 50-crore vaccination mark August 6. India went past the 60-crore mark in another 19 more days and took only 13 days to reach 70 crore from 60 crore September 7.
The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out January 16 with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. Vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2.
The next phase of the vaccination drive commenced from March 1 for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions. India launched vaccination for all people aged over 45 years from April 1. The government then decided to expand the vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 to be vaccinated from May 1.
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in India from Covid-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level, the Health Ministry said.
 

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