Total Covid vaccine doses administered in India crosses 183 crore: Health Ministry

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered within the nation crossed 183 crore on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry mentioned.

Over 26 lakh vaccine doses have been being administered on Saturday until 7 pm. The every day vaccination tally is predicted to extend with the compilation of the ultimate reviews by late within the evening.

More than 1.20 crore vaccine doses have been administered within the 12-14 years age group thus far, the ministry mentioned.

Also, over 2.25 crore precaution doses have been administered to healthcare and frontline employees and people aged above 60 years.

The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 final yr, with the healthcare employees getting inoculated within the first section. The vaccination of frontline employees began from February 2 final yr.

The subsequent section of Covid vaccination commenced on March 1 final yr for individuals above 60 years of age and people aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid situations. The nation launched vaccination for all individuals aged above 45 years from April 1 final yr.

The Centre then determined to increase the vaccination drive by permitting everybody above 18 years of age to be inoculated towards the viral illness from May 1 final yr.

The subsequent section of Covid vaccination commenced from January 3 this yr for adolescents within the age group of 15-18 years.

The nation started administering precaution doses of the vaccines to the healthcare and frontline employees and people aged 60 years and above with comorbidities from January 10. The inoculation of youngsters aged 12-14 years began from March 16.