Till the 2nd of November, India administered 107 crore vaccine doses against the deadly Wuhan virus, also known as the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19.)

According to the Union Health Ministry data, of the total vaccinated people, 71 % are those who received their first doses, the remaining 29 % of the people are fully vaccinated with two doses. In India, the nationwide vaccination drive against the COVID-19 started on the 16th of January, 2021. In just 10 months, India administered 107 crores doses, covering 21 % of the total population. By the end of December, India is aiming to surpass the 30 % population by administering 120 crores doses.

The COVID-19 vaccination drive started in a phased manner, vaccinating senior citizens in the first phase, people above 45 years old in the second phase and people between 18 to 44 years old in the third phase.

In addition, India is expected to soon roll out the vaccination drive for children between 12 to 18 years old. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to examine the two India made vaccines, which are conducting trials for children, following which there would be a vaccine against the Wuhan virus for children too.

Meanwhile, highlighting the state wise data, Uttar Pradesh administered the most (cumulative) vaccine doses at 13.01 crore, followed by Maharashtra at 9.80 crore, West Bengal 7.80 crores, Gujarat at 7.10 crores, Madhya Pradesh 7.10 crore and Bihar 6.80 crores.

States which have administered above 5 crore people are : Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan.

As of now, more than 13.76 crore COVID-19 vaccines, the Bharat Biotech International Private Limited’s COVAXIN and the Serum Institute of India (SII) manufactured Covisheild are available in India. So far, the Central Government provided 113 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses to Indian states and union territories (UTs.) More COVID-19 vaccines are in the pipeline, which would be sent to Indian states and union territories (UTs,) to vaccinate the citizens of India.

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