After the International Yoga Day (June 21) and the revised guidelines issued for Covid-19 vaccination, PM Modi has expressed happiness over the record of corona vaccination.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday termed the introduction of a record number of doses of anti-Covid vaccine in the country as a “delightful” act and said that the vaccine is the strongest weapon in the fight against the pandemic.
According to the Union Health Ministry, more than 80 lakh vaccines have been administered till 8 pm today (June 21) on the first day of implementation of the revised guidelines of Covid Vaccination.
PM Modi tweets –
” Today’s record-breaking vaccination numbers are gladdening. the vaccine remains our strongest weapon to fight COVID-19. Congratulations to those who got vaccinated and kudos to all the front-line warriors working hard to ensure so many citizens got the vaccine.
Well done India! “
Home Minister Amit Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a very big and historic decision of free vaccination of all citizens of the country with a population of 135 crores, which has also been implemented across the country on the occasion of Yoga Day.
Under the new vaccination policy, the Center will procure 75 per cent of the vaccines from manufacturers, leaving the remaining 25 per cent to private players. The Center will also make available vaccines for all age groups to all states based on their requirement. Earlier, the center used to supply free vaccines only to people aged 45 years and above. State governments were responsible for procuring 50 per cent of the vaccines for citizens between the ages of 18 and 45.
In a statement, the government said that during the month of May, more than 7.9 crore vaccines were available for the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination exercise. In June, these were increased to 11.78 crores. These include free supply of vaccines from the Center to the states and union territories. Advance visibility of the vaccine doses available in the month of June 2021 was provided to the states by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the statement said. This advance information enabled the states to prepare vaccine delivery plans in an effective manner, district-wise and COVID Vaccination Center (CVC) wise.
Madhya Pradesh has also set a record of vaccination. According to government data, 13,71,171 people had been vaccinated in the state till 6 pm. The government had set a target of vaccination of one million people, but so far three lakh more people have been vaccinated.
