Union Health Minister lauds healthcare workers, shares glimpse of COVID vaccination programme
As per the report of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on August 27, India administered 1,00,64,032 doses of vaccine against COVID.;
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday praised health care workers of the country and shared a glimpse of nationwide vaccination Programme initiated on January 16, this year with India administering a record over one crore vaccine doses against COVID-19 so far.
Sharing a video showing India's journey of vaccinating its population against COVID-19, Mandaviya in a tweet said, "August 27 was a historic day for India as more than 1 crore #COVID19 vaccinations were administered in a single day We salute our health care workers for making this possible Here is a glimpse of the journey which was started by our visionary PM @NarendraModi ji on Jan 16, 2021."
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As many as 73,85,866 COVID vaccine doses have been administered in the last 24 hours. With this, the country's COVID-19 vaccination coverage reached 63,09,17,927, as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 67,80,301 sessions.
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