New Delhi: The leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Narendra on a one-year settlement of Covid-19 vaccination in India, BJP on Sunday said it was the fastest in the world and so far more than 150 crore doses have been given.
Overcoming a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, a spokesman for Rajyavardhan’s party Singh Rathore said India had set a record in the vaccination drive.
It began only a year ago and 156.83 crore doses have been given so far.
It is the fastest vaccination drive in the world under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, Rathore said.
Apart from doubts raised by opposition parties on vaccines, around 96 percent of the population have received the first dose, he said, adding that it showed the belief in the Prime Minister Modi and his leadership.
Rathore further said the average 66 doses of the lakh were given every day in the last three months.
About three crore doses have also been given to young people in the age group of 15-18 years.