The prime minister in his intervention at the session on "global economy and global health" also flagged the issue of facilitating international travel and talked about the mechanism of mutual recognition of vaccine certification as a means of achieving this.
In an effort to ramp up Covid vaccination coverage in rural areas, the Uttar Pradesh government implemented the 'Cluster Model 2.0,' which goes into effect on November 1.
Over 75 per cent of India's adult population has received the Covid-19 vaccine, with the first dose given to all eligible individuals in nine states and union territories.
India's vaccination drive was stalled earlier this year by dose shortages amid a devastating COVID outbreak. Production and supply have vastly improved, but the majority of adults have still not been fully vaccinated.
Over the last few days, daily stocks of all COVID-19 vaccines have exceeded 100 million doses. However, daily vaccinations have dropped to an average of 5 million doses this month and even less in the past week.