About 80% Indians have received first jab of Covid vax

November 12, 2021 22:17

About 80 per cent of India's eligible adult population has been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine while 38 per cent has been fully vaccinated, the Union health ministry said on Friday.

During an interactive webinar on the ongoing har ghar dastak campaign, additional secretary in the Union health ministry Manohar Agnani said that under the campaign, by November 30, the government wants the first dose coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in the country to reach at least 90 per cent.

"Also maximum of the people who are overdue for their second dose should also take the second dose by then," Agnani said.

The government recently launched the month-long har ghar dastak campaign for house-to-house COVID-19 vaccination of those who are yet to take a dose and those whose second dose is overdue.

"Going by India's current vaccination pace we can claim with confidence that the world's largest adult vaccination programme is well on track since its launch on January 16," he said.

"To date, nearly 80 per cent of the eligible population in India has been vaccinated against COVID-19 with the first dose, while 38 per cent has been fully vaccinated," he stated.

In several states, 100 per cent of the adult population has received the first dose of the vaccine.

He expressed confidence that with India's current vaccine delivery capacity, the entire adult population will soon be covered.

The Union health ministry has also written to several states and Union Territories asking them to prioritise administering the second dose to beneficiaries who have not got themselves jabbed even after the expiry of the prescribed interval between the two doses, official sources said. -- PTI

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