On Wednesday, India confirmed over 14,000 new cases of infection. "There can be no written in stone rule - if infections rise drastically, they can again stop exports until there's enough doses," said K Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India. Both of the two main suppliers have ramped up production, with the Serum Institute now producing around 220 million jabs a month and some 30 million from Bharat Biotech, Paul said.Įxperts say the vaccine situation on the ground will need constant review. The government is now optimistic that the country's vaccine supply, which has seen a rise, will be enough to cover its international and domestic commitments. India, an important supplier of vaccines globally, halted exports in April as cases at home surged and only resumed exports earlier this month. The health minister will also launch a song and film to commemorate the achievement and an Indian flag will be hoisted at the historic Red Fort in the capital New Delhi, local media reported. Officials plan to mark the milestone on Thursday at vaccination centers and hospitals where frontline and health care workers will be celebrated. India had earlier said it aimed to vaccinate all eligible adults by the end of the year, but experts say the current pace of the vaccination drive will need to increase to meet this goal. Complete coverage is absolutely critical," Paul said.
Ramping up the second dose is "an important priority," V K Paul, the head of the country's COVID-19 taskforce, said at a briefing last week. Still, there remains a worrying gap between those who have received one shot and those fully immunized. Officials have bolstered the vaccination campaign in recent months, which experts say have helped control the outbreak since. The country of nearly 1.4 billion people is the second to exceed a billion cumulative doses after the most populous country China did so in June.Ĭoronavirus cases have fallen sharply in India since the devastating months at the start of the year when the highly transmissible delta variant, first detected in the country a year ago, was infecting hundreds of thousands daily, sending COVID-19 patients into overwhelmed hospitals and filling cremation grounds. NEW DELHI - India has administered 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Thursday, passing a milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fueled its first crushing surge earlier this year.Ībout 75% of India's total eligible adult population have received at least one dose, while around 30% are fully immunized.
India reached a milestone of administering a total of one billion doses against COVID-19. A woman reacts as a health worker inoculates her during a vaccination drive against coronavirus inside a school in New Delhi Wednesday.
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