100 crore: India crosses historic milestone in Covid-19 vaccination

At 9:47 am on Thursday morning, India crossed the 1 billion Covid doses landmark. The 100 crore vaccine doses milestone came nine months after India launched the world's biggest Covid vaccination drive.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Delhi's RML hospital to mark the historic achievement of 100 crore doses with doctors and healthworkers.

Around 75 per cent of all adults have been administered the first dose and around 31 per cent have received both doses.

A series of events have been lined up to celebrate the milestone of administering 100 crore Covid vaccine doses.

Mandaviya will launch a song by singer Kailash Kher and an audio-visual film at the Red Fort.

The largest khadi tricolour in the country, weighing around 1,400 kg, will be displayed at the Red Fort on Thursday to mark the occasion

SpiceJet will unveil a special livery at the Delhi airport to celebrate the 100 crore vaccine milestone on Thursday.

The health minister, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh will be present on the occasion.

Mandaviya had earlier said that announcements will be made on airplanes, ships, metros and at railway stations when India achieves its target of administering 100 crore doses.

Celebrations will also be held at central government hospitals in the city to mark the occasion. Senior BJP leaders will visit vaccination centres to felicitate doctors and health workers.

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