India is expected to cross the 1 billion Covid vaccine dose milestone on Thursday. This is more than nine months after the national vaccination campaign started on January 16, 2021.
Despite the accelerated pace of vaccination efforts, the opposition parties questioned the government’s commitment to vaccinate all adult populations in the country with two doses of the vaccine by December.
Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said on Wednesday that according to the last census, India had 950 million adults. It remains to be seen how the government will cover all adults in the remaining 70 days of this year.
Left-wing political parties also questioned whether the country can achieve the year-end goal of vaccinating all adults with Covid-19. Currently, only 31% of people are vaccinated with these two vaccines.
According to government data, approximately 75% of adults received the first dose of vaccine, and 31% of adults received two vaccines. Among the states, Uttar Pradesh received the most vaccine doses (over 120 million), followed by Maharashtra and Gujarat.
The MyGov website lists the numbers of vaccination coverage in each state. The following is a list of states with their respective vaccination coverage:
Uttar Pradesh 12,08,84,032
Maharashtra 9,23,34,244
West Bengal 6,82,34,821
Gujarat 6,73,60,662
Madhya Pradesh 6,67,91,915
Bihar 6,30,50,262
Karnataka 6,13,46,876
Rajasthan 6,07,81,180
Tamil Nadu 5,34,97,377
Andhra Pradesh 4,77,28,693
News Source : Hindustan Times
