India’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Tuesday logged 5.34 million doses, a 39 per cent decline from Monday’s record 8.8 million that senior health officials have described as an orchestrated feat made possible through advance dose data, state support and public participation.
Health experts said they are not surprised at Tuesday’s number 5,340,550 doses administered up to 11pm as a target of over 8 million daily doses would require a much higher vaccine production capacity than the current estimated 4 to 5 million.
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Health officials and vaccination policy advisers have said the 8.8 million doses recorded on Monday was not a “sudden episode” but the outcome of a planned exercise intended to demonstrate India’s capacity to administer a large quantum of daily doses.
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