India Administers Over 1 Crore Covid Vaccine Shots

all right it was a big boost to the country's vaccination drive with india  administering over one crow cove with 19 vaccine doses on friday this was the highest single day tally of vaccinations in the country ever since the drive began on the 16th of january earlier this year five states have reported over five lakh vaccines in a single day india has achieved the historic milestone of administering over one crore with 19 vaccine doses in a single day on 27th of august a little over 77 lac vaccine doses were administered as first dose and more than 26 lakh have been given out as second doses the relentless effort of healthcare workers catapulted the country's total inoculation coverage prime minister narendra  modi congratulated the citizens and the healthcare workers for their achievement and appreciated people who are getting jabs despite the odds the feat is proof of the widespread acceptance of government vaccines and administration's hard-fought battle against the deadly virus the government of india decided to give the free vaccine to total population of this country whoever is eligible that is my information it is more than 96 crore population is there union home minister mitch said that india has set an example before the world with visionary and hardworking leadership the opposition parties also congratulated the country shivsena mp priyanka chatter vedic took to twitter and asked the administration to keep the momentum going to vaccinate a significant percentage of the population national immunization technical advisory group believes that administering one craw doses in a day is going to go down in history of government immunization india has the capacity to deliver anywhere between 10 to 12 million doses in a single day and today we have achieved that milestones i think this will go down in the history of uh povet immunization as per the statewide vaccination numbers up administered the most amount of vaccines with 28 lakh 62649 doses it was followed by kanataka with 10 lakh  79588 and maharashtra with 9 lakh 84117 chaps american billionaire and philanthropist bill gates hailed india for reaching the tremendous milestone with the health experts predicting a third corbett wave the only antidote is the vaccine if india has to prevent any other wave then ramping up vaccination is the only way forward india's pace of vaccination has significantly increased to one crorevaccinations a day proving that the system can manage with massive amount of vaccine enthusiasm as well this at a time when slowly cases are also rising in the country and definitely this sustained pace of vaccination must continue in order for everyone in the country who's eligible to be inoculated before december 2021 with alopdas in new delhi this is milan sharma reporting for india today you.