India administers over 30 lakh vaccines in a day, highest so far

Updated : Mar 16, 2021 12:09
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Editorji News Desk

In its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, India has crossed an important milestone of administering over 3.29 crore vaccine doses, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

A total of 3,29,47,432 vaccine doses have been given till Tuesday 8 am, according to the union health ministry's website.

India administered 30,39,394 lakh covid vaccines on Monday, its highest in a day. The vaccination of beneficiaries aged over 60 has touched 1 crore within 15 days, the ministry said.

The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers getting inoculated and vaccination of the frontline workers started from February 2.

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