Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed satisfaction at the pace of Covid-19 vaccination in this week, his office said. He was ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed satisfaction at the pace of Covid-19 vaccination in this week, his office said. He was holding a review meeting on the progress of vaccination and the Covid-19 situation in the country.
The officials also said that they were talking with state governments to explore and implement innovative ways to reach out to residents for vaccination. The prime minister then spoke about the need to involve non-government organisations and other bodies to boost such efforts.
In a statement, the prime minister’s office said that Modi was told that 3.77 crore vaccine doses were administered in the last six days. Officials also told the prime minister that 128 districts have vaccinated 50% of their 45 years and above population and 16 districts have inoculated 90% residents of the same age group. On this, Modi expressed satisfaction and stressed on the need to carry forward this momentum.
India had achieved a record high vaccination of more than 90 lakh doses on Monday but the figures dropped to 54.22 lakh the next day. The daily vaccination tally has remained between 60-70 lakh for the rest of the week, government data showed.
A Scroll.in report on Tuesday showed that Monday’s “record vaccination” was enabled by a slowdown in inoculations in some Bharatiya Janata...
