New Delhi: More than 9 lakh health care services and forefront, and 60-plus residents with comorbidity receive their third Covid Jab on Monday, the Ministry of Health said, because the country began to provide a “prevention” dose of infection.
The cumulative cumulative dose of covid-19 vaccine given in the country crossed 152.78 crore (1,52.78,35,951) with more than 82 lakh (82.76,158) the dose given on Monday (until 7pm).
More than 82 Lakh doses covered 21.49,200 given to beneficiaries in the age group of 15-18 years.
The total dose given in this recipient category is 2.59.87.741 so far, the ministry said.
“Prevention dose” was launched when the country witnessed a massive surge in Covid’s case.
According to the Ministry of Health data, 4.91,013 prevention doses have been given to health care workers, 1,90,383 for frontline workers and 2,54,868 in a 60-plus population with comorbidity on Monday.
The same Covid-19 vaccine that has been given to two previous doses will be given as a “prevention dose” for the category of this beneficiary.
Daily vaccination calculations are expected to increase with the compilation of the final report for the day late at night.
Drive rural vaccination was launched on January 16 with health workers (HCWS) inoculated in the first phase.
Vaccination for frontline workers (FLW) starts from February 2.
The next phase of Covid-19 vaccination starts from March 1 for people over the age of 60 and those aged 45 years and over with the condition of the specified co-morbid.
This country launched vaccination for everyone aged more than 45 years since April 1.
The government then decided to expand the vaccination drive by allowing all the people above 18 to vaccinate from 1.
The next phase of Covid-19 vaccination has been started from January 3 for adolescents in the age group 15-18 years.
India began to provide a dose of prevention of Covid-19 vaccine for health workers, frontline workers including personnel were deployed for electoral assignments and those aged 60 years and over with comorbidity from January 10 in the middle of the country who witnessed the surge in Coronavirus infection which was driven by the virus virus.
More than 9 lakh ‘dosage prevention measures’ from the covid vaccine given
