India crosses milestone of administering over 6 cr COVID19 Vaccine doses

India has crossed the milestone of administering over 6 crore COVID-19 Vaccine doses. Continuing with its largest vaccination drive in the world, the nation administered over 15 lakh doses yesterday till late evening.

India is one of the fastest countries in the world to achieve the 6 crore mark in a short span of only 71 days. The nation commenced the largest vaccination drive in the world on 16th January this year with vaccination of healthcare workers.

Vaccination of front line workers began from 2nd February whereas the most recent phase began from 1st of this month encompassing vaccination of everyone aged above 60 years and above 45 years with specified co-morbidities.

The Health Ministry has informed that in just 27 days of the current phase nearly 2 crore 73 lakh senior citizens above 60 years and over 64 lakh people above 45 years with co-morbidities have been administered the first shot of the COVID-19 Vaccine.