More than 1.84 crore coronavirus vaccine doses are currently available with states and union territories, and three lakh more will be received by them in the next three days, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. The central government has so far provided, through the free of cost channel and direct state procurement, more than 22.46 crore doses to states and UTs. Of these, the total consumption, including wastage, is 20,48,04,853 doses, according to data available till 8 AM on Friday. A total of 1,84,92,677 COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, the ministry said, adding 3,20,380 more doses are in the pipeline and will be received by them within the next three days.
India will be Fully Vaccinated against COVID-19 by the End of 2021: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar
Prakash Javadekar declared that India will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of 2021, as Rahul Gandhi pointed out that less than three per cent of the country s 130 crore people had received both doses of a vaccine
| 28 May 2021 1:15 PM GMT
New Delhi: Reacting to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi s statement that less than three per cent of the country s 130 crore people had received both doses of COVID vaccine, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar declared on Friday that India will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of 2021.
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In a significant landmark, the cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 20 crore, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday. In the age group of 18-44 years, the ministry said, 9,42,796 people received their first vaccine dose on Tuesday, and cumulatively, 1,28,74,546 have received vaccine doses across the country since the start of the phase-3 of the vaccination drive. Bihar, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have administered to more than 10 lakh beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group their first dose of Covid vaccine, it said. The country has administered 20,04,94,991 vaccine doses so far, as per the 7 pm provisional report, the ministry said.