Government has ordered 100 crore anti-coronavirus vaccine so far: Center

34 crores got their first vaccination in the country

More than six months have passed since the corona vaccination campaign started in the country and in the meantime the government has ordered 100 crore corona vaccines. At the same time, the first dose of corona of 34.4 crore people has been received.

This information was given by Minister of State for Health Bharti Praveen Pawar in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Just two weeks ago, the government has placed an order for 66 crore doses of CoviShield and Cowaxin. The central government had ordered 100 crore corona vaccines by July 16. Bharti Praveen said that these vaccines do not include vaccines from Covax (a global vaccine collection initiative for different countries), nor do they include vaccines procured by the state and also the doses ordered by private hospitals. are not included. Till March 12, the government had ordered only 18.6 crore doses, followed by 16 crore on May 5. By the end of May, it had ordered 266 million doses of CoviShield and 80 million doses of Cowaxin. Responding to a query seeking details of orders placed on foreign vaccine manufacturers, the minister said that the government had constituted a team to deal with various issues related to procurement of COVID vaccines from foreign manufacturers and that this team Constantly in talks with foreign manufacturers. In response to another question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Health, Bharti Praveen Pawar said that according to the CoWin portal, about 34.4 crore people have been given at least one dose of corona till July 25. At the same time, the second dose of corona vaccine has also been given to about 65.5 percent of the people of 18 years and above in this period itself.