New Delhi: About 40,000 cases of corona are registered daily in the country. The infection rate is increasing rapidly in some states of the country. Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of AIIMS Hospital said that we have to take necessary steps. The biggest weapon in this ongoing war against Corona is the vaccine.
The government has set a target to vaccinate all adults by the end of this year. Meanwhile, important data related to the vaccine has come out. If India is to meet the target of full immunization of all people aged 18 years and above, India will have to deliver an average of 92 lakh doses per day.
Apart from this, the four big states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and West Bengal by population will have to vaccinate almost twice the weekly average till now. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar will have to accelerate vaccination up to two and a half times faster than their weekly average.
India’s adult population is projected to be close to 94 crore by 2021, which means 188 crore doses are needed for all to be fully immunized. Till the end of July, 47 crore doses of corona vaccine have been given in the country, now 141 crore doses have to be given in 153 days in the remaining year. Accordingly, about 92 lakh doses are required to be given daily to achieve the target.
To meet the target by the end of this year, only the capital Delhi and some states will need an average of less than their record vaccinations. Some of these are smaller states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. When it comes to large states, only Kerala and Madhya Pradesh can keep their records below vaccination average.
The country’s largest state Uttar Pradesh has given 6.7 lakh doses so far, which is the highest number of vaccines given in a week. To achieve the target, Uttar Pradesh will have to raise this average to 16.1 lakh vaccines daily. The weekly count also includes Sundays. Bihar has given the maximum number of 3.3 lakh vaccines in a week. But if the target is to be achieved, Bihar will have to increase it to 8 lakh per week.
The biggest reason behind the slow pace of vaccination is the lack of vaccines. The government expects about 15 crore doses in August and 19-20 crore doses in September. If this claim is believed to be true, then India will inject 35 crore more vaccines by the end of September. After September, 106 crore doses will have to be given in the next 92 days.
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