: Two months into Covid-19 vaccination, India has met just 7% of its initial target of 50 crore jabs #IndiaNEWS Two months since it rolled out the world’s largest vaccination programme, India has given

Two months into Covid-19 vaccination, India has met just 7% of its initial target of 50 crore jabs #IndiaNEWS
Two months since it rolled out the world’s largest vaccination programme, India has given 3.49 crore vaccine shots, or about 7% of its initial target of 50 crore, up from 3% by February 16. India has 4.5 months to achieve the remaining 93% of this target.India’s capacity to vaccinate every day has fluctuated, rising from 2.2 lakh shots on the first day of vaccination (January 16, 2021) to 1.3 lakh shots a month later on February 16 to 19 lakh shots on the third month anniversary (March 16).India will need to give 36.5 lakh shots per day for the remaining 137 days until the end of July, in order to achieve its target of vaccinating 25 crore people with two doses. A small number of adverse events, such as hospitalisations and deaths, have been reported following the vaccinations – 51 people have been hospitalised and 46 people have died after taking the Covid-19 vaccination, according to the government on February 26. The government has maintained since January 16, that, “No case of serious/severe adverse event following immunization/death is attributable to vaccination, till date.??? IndiaSpend reported on the need for more rigorous investigation and transparency on the reporting of these adverse events, which will in turn boost confidence in the vaccination process.Since our last update on the one-month anniversary of...Read more

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