The Government on Thursday said that at least three in five Indian adults—or 62 % — have now been covered with at least one Covid vaccine dose and while one in every five –or 20 % of the adult population is now fully immunised.
The latest data provided by the Union Health Ministry showed Chandigarh entering the coveted league of states and UTs to have ensured inoculation of their entire adult population with at least the first shot against coronavirus.
Further, as the festival season nears, ICMR DG Balram Bhargava at a press conference here said the need of the hour is vaccine acceptance, maintenance of Covid-appropriate behaviour, responsible travel and responsible festivities.
He also ruled out the introduction of booster doses of the vaccine saying that “these were not a priority for the government at this moment.”
The country, by Thursday evening, had seen a total of 77.1 crore Covid jabs administered in India of which 58.26 lakh were administered in a day.
Commenting on the scale of inoculation, the Centre said that in the first 15 days of September over 11 crore doses—or about 76 lakh vaccinations in a day on an average— have been administered which is double of the doses given through the entire month of May.