'India administers over 2 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses on PM Modi's birthday'

India set a record on Friday by administering over two crore Covid19 vaccine doses in a major push to the inoculation drive on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modis birthdayThe cumulative doses administered in the country reached 20041136 at 510 pm according to data on the CoWIN portalThe total number of doses administered in the country has crossed 7868 croreThe daily vaccinations crossed the onecrore mark for the fourth time in less than a monthHealth Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said this is the fastest pace at which one crore doses have been administeredOn PM Narendra Modi Jis birthday till 130 pm the country has crossed the mark of 1 crore vaccines the fastest so far and we are continuously moving forward I believe that today we will all make a new record of vaccination and give it as a gift to the prime minister he said in a tweet in Hindi along with the hashtags VaccineSeva and HappyBdayModijiVaccineSeva NarendraModi 2 Well done India pictwittercomP94vXMN4Owmdash Mansukh Mandaviya mansukhmandviya September 17 2021The daily Covid19 vaccination in the country was over 1 crore on September 6 August 31 and August 27Mandaviya on Thursday had called for a major push to the Covid19 vaccination drive during Prime Minister Modis birthday on Friday saying it would be the perfect gift for himThe BJP has asked its units across the country to help get a large number of people vaccinated on the occasionIndia took 85 days to touch the 10crore vaccination mark 45 more days to cross the 20crore mark and 29 more days to reach the 30crore mark according to the ministryThe country took 24 days to reach 40 crore from 30 crore doses and then 20 more days to cross the 50crore vaccination mark on August 6 it saidAlso read Menstrual changes after Covid19 vaccination plausible must be investigated StudyIt took 19 more days to go past the 60crore mark and took only 13 days to reach 70 crore from 60 crore on September 7 the ministry saidThe total number of doses administered crossed the 75crore mark on September 13The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers HCWs getting inoculated in the first phase The vaccination of frontline workers FLWs started from February 2The next phase of Covid19 vaccination commenced from March 1 for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified comorbid conditionsThe country launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 years from April 1The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 to be vaccinated from May 1This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever