India moving fast with COVID precautionary jabs |
The Government of India said about 63 percent of eligible healthcare workers, 58 percent of frontline workers and 39 percent of people above 60 years of age with comorbidities have received their precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said about 22.66 lakh of 35 lakh healthcare workers have received their precaution dose, accounting for 63 percent of such people. He said there are 33 lakh frontline workers who were due for precautionary dose and 191 thousand 400 have got this dose which is 58 percent. NITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr V K Paul said there are still about 10 million people (in the over 60 age group) who are yet to get their first dose. Paul said there are still 65 million people whose second dose is overdue.
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