Amid renewed surge in Covid-19 cases in Kerala and Maharashtra, India on Friday administered over 93 lakh doses under its nationwide vaccination drive — the highest ever vaccination achieved in a single day since the start of vaccination drive on January 16.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted, “Congratulations to the citizens as India today administers historic 90 lakh #COVID19 vaccines until now - and still counting!
In another significant achievement, India’s Covid vaccination coverage crossed 62 crore, said an official from the Union Health Ministry. The Ministry has also written to Kerala to adopt a five-pronged strategy to contain the rising Covid cases.
Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary wrote that the Southern State should focus on vaccination, genome surveillance, testing strategy, containment measures and other preventive steps to combat the infection which is spreading unabated in the region. “All 14 districts in the State have been identified with high positivity rate which is a ‘cause of grave concern’ …the cases have been been on the higher side in view of the Onam festival and the trend is likely to continue in next few days, containment measures should be strictly adopted,” said the letter.