Over 70.63 crore COVID vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far: Centre
India | Sep 09, 2021, 12:31 PM ISTThe ministry said over 5.58 cr balance and unutilised COVID vaccine doses are still available with states, UTs to be administered.
The ministry said over 5.58 cr balance and unutilised COVID vaccine doses are still available with states, UTs to be administered.
The development came following the announcement that Panacea Biotec supplied the first shipment of the second component of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine manufactured by it for sale in India.
It took 19 more days to go past the 60-crore mark and took only 13 days to reach 70 crore from 60 crore, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Twitter.
A total of 1,05,76,911 doses were administered on Monday, officials said, adding that the figure is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late night.
Currently, Pfizer's mRNA Covid vaccine is available in two packages: one with 450 doses and another with 1,170. But the vaccine's cold storage requirement limits where and for how long they can be kept, making it challenging for smaller facilities to store high quantities of the vaccine without wasting doses.
Justice P B Suresh Kumar said that if the central and state governments can permit persons traveling abroad to choose between early and better protection from COVID-19, there is no reason why the same privilege cannot be extended to those here who want early protection in connection with their employment or education.
The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to states and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain, the ministry said.
Atishi on Saturday said that the Delhi government needs 1.5 crore COVID vaccine doses to fully inoculate the whole eligible population in the national capital.
Meanwhile, the BMC also claimed that Mumbai has become the first district in the country to administer more than 1 crore Covid-19 vaccines.
According to the 7 pm provisional report, more than 62.25 lakh (62, 25,922) doses were administered on Saturday.
According to the 7 pm provisional report, more than 51.88 lakh (51,88,894) doses were administered on Friday.
The districts- Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, and Kannur- are facing a shortage and only 1.4 lakh doses are remaining in the state's reserve, the Health Minister said.
Health officials have been keeping a check on him at his home since Wednesday and no adverse effect has been reported till late Thursday, Sullia Taluk health officer Dr B Nandakumar said.
Australia will receive 4 million Pfizer doses from Britain in a swap deal that will double the quantity of that COVID-19 vaccine available to Australians.
About ramping up of daily vaccinations, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, 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.
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 67 crore on Thursday, the Union health ministry said.
The administration had set the target of vaccinating 28,07,559 eligible persons against COVID-19, and so far, 28,08,212 citizens have received the first jab in the district, Indore collector Manish Singh said.
India on Tuesday administered over 1 crore vaccine doses till 6 pm, the highest-one day record for the country, an update posted by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya read.
The daily COVID-19 vaccinations crossed the 1 crore mark on Tuesday for the second time in five days, taking the total number of doses administered in the country to over 65 crore.
A Kerala nurse created a record, when in a marathon effort on August 15, she administered Covid vaccines to 893 people in 7.5 hours, leading to state Health Minister Veena George coming personally to appreciate her work.
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