India is administered 1 billion doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, officials said on Thursday, crossing a milestone after the Delta version boosted its first crushing growth earlier this year.
About 75 percent of India’s total eligible adult population has received at least one dose, while about 30 percent are fully immunized. With around 1.4 billion people, India is the second most populous country in June to exceed one billion cumulative doses after China.
Coronavirus cases in India have declined sharply since disastrous months at the start of the year, when the country was first detected a year ago that the highly transmissible delta variant, infecting hundreds of thousands daily, was infected with Covid-19. was sending and filling patients to heavy hospitals. graveyard.
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officials have extended vaccination campaign In recent months, what experts say has helped control the outbreak.
Still, there remains a worrying gap between those who have received a shot and those who are fully immunised. Increasing the second dose is an important priority, Dr VK Paul, the head of India’s Covid-19 taskforce, said at a briefing last week.
“We would like to see this number grow. Full coverage is absolutely critical,” he said.
India, a significant supplier of vaccines globally, halted exports in April as domestic cases surged and only resumed exports earlier this month. The government is now optimistic that the country’s vaccine supply, which has seen an increase, will be sufficient to meet its international and domestic commitments.
Both of the two main suppliers have ramped up production Serum Institute Now around 220 million a month and about 30 million jabs from Bharat Biotech are being produced, Dr Paul said.
On Wednesday, India confirmed more than 14,000 new cases. Its active cases account for less than 1 percent of its total caseload, which now stands at over 34 million, including more than 450,000 deaths, according to the health ministry.
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