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'95 per cent of India's adult population given first dose of Covid-19 vaccine'
Updated On: 27 January, 2022 10:49 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya congratulated the nation for the remarkable achievement. In a tweet, he said that India has achieved the record of administering the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to more than 95 per cent of its eligible population
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Ninety five per cent of India`s eligible adult population has been administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine while 74 per cent are fully inoculated, the Union health ministry said on Thursday as the total vaccine doses administered has crossed 164.35 crore.
Till 7 pm, 49,69,805 vaccine doses have been administered. As many as 1,03,04,847 precaution doses have been administered to healthcare and frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities. Also 4,42,81,254 adolescents in the 15-18 years age group have been given the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
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