Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated the country on achieving the milestone of administering over 100 crore Covid-19 vacci...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated the country on achieving the milestone of administering over 100 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses since the beginning of its inoculation drive in January.
In his address to the nation, Modi said that when coronavirus hit the country, questions were raised about whether India would be able to fight the pandemic and how it would vaccinate such a huge population. He said that India’s milestone answered all those questions.
“Taking everyone along, the country started the campaign of vaccine for everyone,” the prime minister said. “India has only one mantra that if the disease does not discriminate, then there cannot be partiality in vaccination either. We ensured that the VIP culture did not dominate the vaccination campaign.”
Modi said that India had achieved an extraordinary target. “The achievement is the image of a new India, the beginning of a new chapter in history,” the prime minister said.
So far, only around 31% of adults have been fully vaccinated, and approximately 76% have received the first dose. The Centre had earlier promised that 75% of India’s adult population would be fully vaccinated by the end of the year.
The prime minister said that the world will now consider India as more safe from the coronavirus pandemic. “The whole world is witnessing...
