India zooms past US in vaccine doses given

June 28, 2021 10:03

India has now administered more vaccine doses than the United States. As on June 28, India has given 32,36,63,297 doses while US has clocked 32,33,27,328.

Interestingly, vaccinations in India began on January 16 this year while US has been providing jabs from December 14 last year.

More than 17.21 lakh vaccine doses were administered in India on June 27, the Union health ninistrys latest provisional report suggested.

On the 163rd day of the vaccination drive on June 27, 13.9 lakh beneficiaries received their first shot and 3.3 lakh people were given their second dose.

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