Covid
Over half of India’s adult population received at least 1 dose of Covid vaccine
The Union government said that more than half of India’s adult population has received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and 16 per cent have got both.
The cumulative number of doses administered in the country crossed 67 crore.
At a press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that in Sikkim, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Himachal Pradesh all the adult population have got at least one dose of vaccine.
He further added 18.38 crore doses were given in August during which 59.29 lakh doses were administered daily. The average daily vaccination in the last seven days of August has been 80.27 lakh.
“That’s a huge achievement and would not have been possible without very effective and optimal participation of all healthcare workers, state governments and Union Territory administrations,” Bhushan said.