New Delhi:
Cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered in the country exceeded 161.05 crore on Friday, the Union’s health ministry said.
More than 58 lakh (58,37,209) doses of vaccine were administered until 7 p.m. Friday. So far, at least 74 lakh (74,27,700) precautionary doses for the identified categories of beneficiaries have been administered, it said.
The daily number of vaccinations is expected to increase with the preparation of the final reports for the day by late evening, the ministry said.
The nationwide vaccination campaign was rolled out on January 16, with health workers vaccinated in the first phase. The vaccination of frontline workers has started from 2 February.
The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination began on March 1 for people over 60 and people 45 and over with specified comorbidities.
The country launched vaccination for all people over the age of 45 from April 1.
The cabinet then decided to expand the vaccination campaign by having everyone over the age of 18 vaccinated from 1 May.
The next phase of the COVID-19 vaccination started from January 3 for adolescents in the 15-18 age group.
India has started administering the precautionary dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to health and frontline workers, including those assigned to election service, and to people over 60 with comorbidities from January 10, from January 10. of the virus.