A total of 1,91,181 beneficiaries were vaccinated on the first day of India’s coronavirus vaccination drive as the country kickstarted its...
A total of 1,91,181 beneficiaries were vaccinated on the first day of India’s coronavirus vaccination drive as the country kickstarted its inoculation campaign with two locally manufactured shots, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.
No case of post-vaccination hospitalisation was reported as of Saturday evening, it added.
The first dose was administered to a sanitation worker at the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the campaign with a nationally televised speech.
The health ministry said 16,755 personnel were involved in organising the immunisation session sites on the first day. But the sheer scale of the exercise did face some hurdles.
For instance, there were delays in uploading the details of healthcare workers receiving the shots to the digital platform, CoWin, which the government is using to track vaccines, the health ministry said. However, they were successfully resolved, and adequate quantities of vaccines and logistics were ensured, it added.
The government said it was looking into the efficacy issues related to CoWin. “The system performance and the speed improved and is being further optimised,” Health Secretary Manohar Agnani said on Saturday, according to The Economic Times.
India, which has reported the highest number of coronavirus infections after the United States, plans to vaccinate around 300 million people with two doses in the...
