Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, on Thursday, said that 50% of the eligible adults in India were partially vaccinated against COVID-19. Also, he said that the country had administered more than 61 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
Post second wave, daily positive cases along with deaths are now in control. However, experts are currently predicting that the third wave of COVID-19 will be at its peak in October.
Mandaviya shared this news on his Twitter account. He wrote, India achieves unprecedented milestone! 50% of the eligible population inoculated with the first dose of #COVID-19 vaccine. Keep it up India Let us fight Corona.
A couple of days ago, the National Disaster Management Institute of India, which is an apex body under the Union Home Ministry, submitted a report to the Prime Minister’s Office. In the report, NDMI mentioned that the third wave will be at its peak in October.
It noted that India must increase the speed of vaccination. With the current rate, country won’t be able to fight battle against COVID-19.
Ahead of the festive season India, states were advised by the Centre to speed up the vaccination drive rate and effectively use the Emergency COVID Response Package (ECRP) funds.