India fastest in the world to vaccinate 7 mn people; over 85 lakh inoculated so far against COVID-19

16-02-2021

In a proud moment, India became the fastest country to vaccinate 7 million people with the COVID-19 jab. While India achieved the target in 26 days, the United States of America took 27 days and the United Kingdom 48 days. Meanwhile, the ministry of health and family welfare said that more than 85 lakh beneficiaries have been vaccinated against COVID till 6 pm on February 15. The cumulative number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against the pandemic reached 85,16,771 on Monday. The figure included 60,57,162 health care workers who have taken the first dose and 98,118 workers who have taken the second dose, along with 23,61,491 frontline workers (1st dose). Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the countrywide coronavirus vaccination drive on January 16, 2021. However, the inoculation drive of the frontline workers started on February 2, 2021. As of now, India has approved Oxford Covid vaccine Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and indigenously developed Covaxin by the Bharat Biotech.