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COVID-19: India’s vaccination protection crosses 175 crore impress

Reported By: | Edited By: DNA Web Workforce |Supply: DNA webdesk |Updated: Feb 19, 2022, 11: 22 PM IST

The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered within the nation crossed 175.33 crores on Saturday, the Union successfully being ministry stated. Higher than 27 lakh (27,47,926) vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm.

The ministry moreover stated that over 1.89 crores (1,89,07,829) precaution doses agree with been administered to healthcare workers, frontline workers and people stale 60 and above with comorbidities.

The each day vaccination tally is anticipated to bag higher with the compilation of the remainder stories for the day by late night. The countrywide vaccination pressure used to be rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers (HCWs) getting inoculated within the first section. The vaccination of frontline workers (FLWs) started on February 2.

The next section of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from March 1 for other folks over 60 years of age and people stale 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions. The nation launched vaccination for all other folks stale higher than 45 years from April 1.

The authorities then decided to develop its vaccination pressure by allowing all people above 18 to be vaccinated from Would possibly possibly moreover fair 1. The next section of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from January 3 for children within the age personnel of 15-18 years. 

India started administering precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine to HCWs and FLWs, at the side of personnel deployed for election responsibility and people stale 60 and above with comorbidities from January 10, amid the nation witnessing a spike in coronavirus infections fuelled by the Omicron variant of the virus. 

(Ageny Inputs)

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