India COVID-19 vaccination drive achieves a 2 billion dosage record in just 18 months

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• Jul 17, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

"India surpassed its own record by achieving the target of 200 crore vaccines in just 18 months. Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, the minister of health, sent his sincere congratulations to every citizen for this success in a video greeting.

Digital
Desk: India has administered 2 billion doses of the coronavirus vaccine one
year after initiating the world's largest coronavirus immunisation programme,
marking a landmark accomplishment. In response to increasing concerns about
fresh Covid outbreaks, the country has been striving to scale up vaccine
efforts. While France has been at the top of the global dashboard, Asia's Japan
has recently seen a considerable rise in cases.

Soon
after the 200 billionth dose was administered, PM Modi tweeted: "India
creates history once more! Thank you for your congratulations as India has now
administered 200 crore vaccine shots, a historic milestone. Proud of
individuals who contributed to India's vaccination campaign's record-breaking
speed and scope. This has helped the battle to combat COVID-19 on a global
scale.

"India
surpassed its own record by achieving the target of 200 crore vaccines in just
18 months. Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, the minister of health, sent his sincere
congratulations to every citizen for this success in a video greeting.

India
is about to pass a key milestone, but concern has been raised about the booster
dose coverage. Only 8% of the country's total population, according to
government data released earlier this week, has so far used a third attempt to
attack Covid. A nationwide 75-day programme delivering free booster shots at
government buildings was launched on Friday in an effort to motivate citizens.

Additionally,
the advertising honours India's 75th anniversary of independence, which takes
place the following month.

As India moved
closer to fulfilling the objective, the government installed a digital clock on
Saturday that was moving backwards to demonstrate how many immunisation shots
were still required to do so.

Following
Sunday's accomplishment, Twitter was inundated with remarks. "With Covid,
India has surpassed the 200 crore vaccination threshold. Due to PM Narendra
Modi ji's leadership, a historic event as well as an inspirational journey were
made possible. We appreciate the dedication of our medical personnel in the
fight against COVID "A minister for the union, Bhagwanth Khuba, wrote.

India has the
second-highest number of cases worldwide, behind the United States, at
4,37,50,599. For the past four days, the nation has been tracking more than
20,000 cases per day.