Over 3.86 crore people did not get their second COVID-19 vaccine dose within the stipulated period, the government has said in response to an RTI query. According to the information on the CoWIN portal, as of Thursday afternoon, 44,22,85,854 people have received their first dose, while 12,59,07,443 both the shots.

Activist Raman Sharma had filed a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, seeking to know the number of people who had received the first dose of vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — but did not take the second within the stipulated time. In response to the query, the COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Cell of the Union health ministry said, “The total number of vaccinees (beneficiaries) who got their first dose of Covishield Vaccine but did not get their second dose within stipulated time is 3,40,72,993 (data as on 17th August 2021).”