Big milestone! India crosses 150 crore COVID-19 vaccination mark - Check details

COVID-19 vaccination: Big achievement! India has administered 150 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses -- 1.5 billion vaccine doses, as on the first week of the first month of 2022. India launched its vaccination drive against coronavirus on January 16, 2021. Earlier, today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that India was inching towards this landmark achievement while virtually inaugurating the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata.

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He mentioned that the country started the year with vaccination for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years. At the same time, India is also achieving the historic milestone of 150 crore - 1.5 billion vaccine doses, in the first week of the first month of the year itself.

"A total of 150 crore doses in less than one year is a significant achievement and symbol of the will power of the country. It denotes the country's new confidence, Aatmnirbharta and pride, he said. As cases are rising due to the Omicron variant, this shield of 150 vaccine doses becomes all the more important," Modi was quoted as saying by IANS.

So far, he said, about 11 crore doses of Corona vaccine have been provided free of cost to West Bengal by the government. "More than one-and-a-half thousand ventilators, over nine thousand new oxygen cylinders have also been provided to Bengal. A total of 49 PSA new Oxygen plants have also started functioning in the state," the Prime Minister mentioned.

As of date, India is using three vaccines against COVID-19 in its immunisation drive. These include - Serum Institute of India’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Russia's Sputnik V.