The government has to vaccinate 8.8 million people a day, every day, till the end of the year to ensure every adult in the country receives two jabs. The authorities have increased the country’s capacity to produce additional doses of vaccines and are readying an army of health workers to get there.
India created a new world record on June 21, the first day of the free universal vaccination drive, with 8.5 million shots being dispensed that day. The very next day, however, the number of jabs dipped to 5.3 million.
It has been calculated that India will have to vaccinate about 8.8 million people a day – everyday – till the end of year to reach its target of vaccinating its entire adult population of 950 million with two doses each.
To reach this very stiff target, India is training an army of emergency health workers. On June 18, the Prime Minister launched the Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers’. Under this initiative, 100,000 youth will be trained over the next 2-3 months. Six customised courses have been launched from 111 centres in 26 states.
The other variable in the equation is vaccine production capacity. India will need close to two billion doses to vaccinate its entire adult population.
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