India administered one million COVID-19 vaccine doses in just 6 days: Health Ministry
India | January 24, 2021 12:59 ISTIndia took only 6 days to roll out one million vaccine doses. This count is higher than countries like the US and the UK.
India took only 6 days to roll out one million vaccine doses. This count is higher than countries like the US and the UK.
Union Health Ministry's Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani said that a total of 9,99,065 beneficiaries have been vaccinated against COVID across the country till 6 pm January 21 in 18,159 sessions. "The provisional figures for today, up to 6 pm - vaccination sessions were organised in 27 states and UTs and a total of 1,92,581 beneficiaries were vaccinated today," he added.
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