Union health ministry briefed on day 1 progress of COVID vaccination drive
- The nation-wide roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine was launched by Hon’ble PM Today.
- Largest COVID-19 vaccination drive in the world.
- Adequate quantities of vaccines and logistics were ensured at all COVID-19 vaccination session sites across the country.
- Two types of COVID-19 vaccines supplied for vaccination:
- Covishield vaccine (Serum Institute of India Ltd) supplied to all states/UTs
- Covaxin vaccine (Bharat biotech international Ltd) supplied to 12 States.
- Total sessions (both types of sessions held i.ei Covishield & Covaxin)
- All India - 3351
- Assam - 65
- Bihar - 301
- Delhi - 81
- Haryana - 77
- Karnataka - 242
- Maharashtra - 285
- Odisha - 161
- Rajasthan - 167
- Tamil Nadu - 160
- Telangana - 140
- Uttar Pradesh - 317
- Andaman & Nicobar - 2
- Andhra Pradesh - 332
- Arunachal Pradesh - 9
- Chandigarh - 4
- Chhattisgarh - 47
- Dadra & Nagar Haveli - 1
- Daman & Diu - 1
- Goa - 7
- Gujarat - 161
- Himachal Pradesh - 28
- Jammu & Kashmir - 41
- Jharkhand - 48
- Kerala - 133
- Ladakh - 2
- Lakshadweep - 1
- Madhya Pradesh - 150
- Manipur - 10
- Meghalaya - 150
- Mizoram - 5
- Nagaland - 9
- Puducherry - 8
- Punjab - 59
- Sikkim - 2
- Tripura - 18
- Uttarakhand - 34
- West Bengal - 183
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Vaccination Status on 16th - Jan’21
- Total vaccinators personnel involved across India: 16,755
- Total beneficiaries vaccinated across India: 1,65,714