BJP to felicitate health workers in India after administering 100 cr COVID vaccine doses

The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced that the ruling party will felicitate doctors, nurses and hospital staff across the country after administering 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses. As of now, the country has administered over 90 crore inoculations of the COVID-19 vaccines. A BJP worker said, “BJP will felicitate doctors, nurses and hospital staff nationwide. BJP MP, MLA, in charge and others will go to every district and area to thank and felicitate them. It is a big achievement for India. We have completed the number of 90 crore vaccinations so most probably by October 11 and 12 we will achieve this target. On that day we will felicitate them.”

The Union Health Ministry announced on Sunday that India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed the 90-crore mark with over 65 lakh vaccine doses administered on Saturday. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports by late in the night, it said. "India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed the 90-crore landmark milestone (90,42,59,810) today. More than 65 lakh (65,27,196) vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm today," the ministry said.

As per the data shared by the ministry, out of the total number of doses administered, 65,77,50,687 were first jabs and 24,65,09,123 second ones. The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level, the Union Health Ministry said. The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. Vaccination of frontline workers started on February 2. The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination started from March 1 for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions. The country launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 years from April 1. The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 to be vaccinated from May 1.

(with ANI inputs)

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