Will be in position to vaccinate all adults by end of year: Centre

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said India will have procured 267 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of this year. He assured that the country will be in a position to inoculate at least all of its adult population by the year end, according to an official statement.

The minister said that 51 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses will be made available by July and 216 crore more between August and December.

He urged states to ensure that the healthcare and frontline workers are fully vaccinated, as they form the vulnerable categories.

The health minister was interacting with the health ministers and principal secretaries/ additional chief secretaries of West Bengal and eight northeast states.
West Bengal and the eight states of the North-eastern region are depicting a higher growth rate in the number of daily cases, high mortality and increasing positivity rate, the govt statement said.