India fastest to reach 4 million mark, 45% health workers vaccinated

India has inoculated around 45% of healthcare workers across the country against Covid-19 in 18 days since the launch of its vaccination drive on Jan 16, becoming the fastest country to vaccinate over 4 million, official data till February 2 shows.

On Wednesday, 2,48,662 beneficiaries were vaccinated taking the total to over 43.9 lakh till late evening accounting for 47% of total 92,61,227 health workers enrolled from the public and private sector.

Compared to India, the US took 20 days, whereas UK and Israel took 39 days to vaccinate four million people.