More than 50 lakh healthcare, frontline workers given Covid vaccine in 21 days, says govt
Responding to a query in the Rajya Sabha, MoS Health Ashwini Choubey also dismissed that healthcare and frontline workers were not confident of the vaccine available for them
PTI 9 February, 2021 2:57 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: More than 50 lakh healthcare and frontline workers have been vaccinated against coronavirus in 21 days in India which is the fastest rate in the world, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Responding to a question on vaccine hesitancy, he said at the start of COVID-19 vaccination drive, fewer than planned beneficiaries attended the vaccination sessions due to transient technical issues in CoWIN portal, vaccine hesitancy, among others, which have progressively been addressed.