Amidst the considerate fall in Coronavirus numbers in the country, India on Monday attained another landmark when it surpassed the US in the total number of vaccine doses administered so far.
India so far has allocated 32.36 crore vaccine doses under the nationwide vaccination drive, the Union health ministry data showed on Monday.
While the US has given 33.33 crore Covid-19 doses by far.
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The Supreme Court was informed by the government that till June 25 over 31 crore Coronavirus vaccine shots have been administered across the country which also includes more than 1.73 crore doses to Health Care Workers (HCWs). More than 2.66 crore doses were given to Frontline Workers (FLWs), over 9.93 crores doses to persons between 45 to 59 years of age and over 8.96 crore doses to persons above the age of 60 years, the centre said.
Besides these over 7.84 crore shots of the Covid-19 vaccine has been administered to individuals between 18 to 44 years of age, the centre stated. "Total 44.2 per cent of the priority population of persons above 45 years of age and 13 per cent of the population group of 18-44 years of age have received the first vaccine dose," the government said in its affidavit that it submitted in the top court in the suo motu matter on Covid-19 management.
The Centre in May said that 7,95,29,990 doses of Coronavirus vaccine were available for the national Covid-19 vaccination programme. It added that each state was notified in writing about the number of vaccine doses it would get every month and this exercise is absolutely necessary to have uniform vaccination throughout the country.
The Centre said: "This endeavour can be successful only by treating India as one unit and considering the question on a pan-India basis. This can be achieved only with each state following the discipline in letter and spirit, and be in tune with simultaneous vaccination of the country avoiding any demands by one state at the cost of other states and residents of the rest of the country."
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The Central Government also added that it is in constant and direct touch with her state governments to assure that all these facilities are created and strengthened in the fight against the virus.