Making the critics of the India put a poker face, India on June 21 administered COVID19 vaccines for a whopping 75.43 lakh people in a single day, the highest ever daily vaccination figure.
The highest daily vaccinations have been carried out in Madhya Pradesh with 13.71 lakh vaccinations followed by Karnataka with 9.82 lakh.
Uttar Pradesh stood third with 5.84 lakh vaccinations followed by Gujarat and Haryana with 4.86 lakh and 4.5 lakh vaccinations respectively.
The five BJP ruled states vaccinated an entire New Zealand in a single day. New Zealand is being referred to as a benchmark after some critics of the government took a dig at Prime Minister Modi by comparing him with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a darling of the left.
The highest numbers in vaccination comes days after the Centre took over the vaccine procurement and distribution.
As per the new policy, the Central government will procure 75% of vaccines produced with the remaining 25% available for private hospitals to purchase and administer the vaccines.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the country for achieving a record breaking milestone.
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!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 21, 2021
India has so far administered 28 crore vaccination doses and plans to vaccinate the entire adult population by the end of this year.
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