1st jab of COVID vaccine: India races ahead of US

June 05, 2021 10:19

Member Health NITI Aayog Dr VK Paul said India has overtaken the United States in terms of the number of people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

"As per the data, the number of people who have received at least one dose of vaccine in India is 17.2 crore. We have overtaken the US in terms of the number of people in our country who have received the first dose of vaccine," Paul said.

Asserting that country needs more time to achieve high coverage of vaccination, he said: "When the peak is declining and we suddenly get into same behaviour as a society like in January and February, it (the virus) will come back again in a certain way. We have to buy time to ensure that we achieve high coverage of our vaccination."

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