PM Modi has congratulated the people of India for a record single-day vaccination drive on June 21, 2021. He expressed happiness over the fact that 80 lakh people got vaccinated on June 21 and also praised frontline COVID-19 warriors for their hard work.
Prime Minister Modi in a tweet stated that the record-breaking vaccination numbers are gladdening. The COVID-19 vaccine remains the strongest weapon to fight COVID-19. He congratulated those who got vaccinated and praised all the frontline warriors who have been working hard to ensure so many citizens got the vaccine.
Today’s record-breaking vaccination numbers are gladdening. The vaccine remains our strongest weapon to fight COVID-19. Congratulations to those who got vaccinated and kudos to all the front-line warriors working hard to ensure so many citizens got the vaccine.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 21, 2021
Well done India!
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage exceeded 28.80 crores on June 21, 2021, after 80 lakh COVID-19 jabs were administered on a single day.
Current status of COVID-19 Vaccination in India:
As per the data released by the Health Ministry on the morning of June 21, 2021, a total of 28,00,36,898 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in India through 38,24,408 sessions, including 30,39,996 on June 20, 2021.
Category | Administered with first dose | Administered with second dose |
| Health Care Workers | 1,01,25,143 | 70,72,595 |
| Frontline Workers | 1,71,73,646 | 90,51,173 |
| People aged between 18-44 years | 5,59,54,551 | 12,63,242 |
| People aged between 45-59 years | 8,07,11,132 | 1,27,56,299 |
| People aged over 60 years | 6,47,77,302 | 2,11,51,815 |
COVID-19 vaccination in India:
On January 16, 2021, Prime Minister Modi announced the world’s largest vaccination drive in the country with a plan to administer health workers and frontline workers with approved COVID-19 jabs. The phases were later extended to cover those aged 60 years or above, it was then extended to those aged between 45-60 and eventually for people aged 18 years or above.
At the time, only two approved COVID-19 vaccines were to be administered in India- Covishield and COVAXIN, however, in April 2021, the regulatory body also approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, making it the third vaccine to be administered in the country.
Making the procedure as seamless as possible, the government opened online registrations, and later on-site registration for the COVID vaccine was also made available.
Free COVID-19 vaccination policy:
In the latest, the Central Government had announced that all those aged 18 and above will now be administered with free COVID-19 jabs at any government facility under the centralized free COVID-19 vaccination policy.
The provision of free vaccination was earlier limited to only those aged 45 or above, however, at the request of State Governments, the Center decided to procure 75% of COVID-19 vaccines and give them to States for free distribution to all those aged 18 or above. It must be that the jabs will be chargeable at the private hospitals.
COVID-19 free vaccination for all adults- All you need to know!
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