By means of PTI
NEW DELHI: Over 50 lakh healthcare, frontline staff and voters elderly 60 years and above were administered the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine since January 10, Union Well being Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stated on Tuesday.
With the management of just about 80 lakh vaccine doses in a span of 24 hours, the cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered within the nation has exceeded 158.04 crore as consistent with provisional reviews until 7 am.
“Any other Day, Any other Milestone Over 50 lakh healthcare & frontline staff and voters elderly 60 years or above have won precaution Dose, since tenth January. I request all those that are eligible to get their precaution dose on the earliest,” Mandaviya tweeted.
India started administering precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare staff, frontline staff together with body of workers deployed for election accountability and the ones elderly 60 and above with comorbidities from January 10 amid the rustic witnessing a spike in coronavirus infections fuelled by means of Omicron variant of the virus.
Hoever, the countrywide vaccination power was once rolled out on January 16, 2021 with healthcare staff (HCWs) getting inoculated within the first section. The vaccination of frontline staff (FLWs) began from February 2.
The following section of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from March 1 for other folks over 60 years of age and the ones elderly 45 and above with specified co-morbid prerequisites. The rustic introduced vaccination for all other folks elderly greater than 45 years from April 1, 2021.
The federal government then made up our minds to amplify its vaccination power by means of permitting everybody above 18 to be vaccinated from Might 1.
The following section of COVID-19 vaccination has commenced from January 3 this yr for teenagers within the age staff of 15-18 years.
