In a rare show of solidarity and appreciation, Congress party leader Shashi Tharoor said that the credit should be given to the government and this is a matter of pride for the entire country after the cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country surpassed the 100-crore milestone on Thursday (October 21).
“This is a matter of pride for all Indians. Let’s give the Government credit. After severe mismanagement of the second #Covid wave & botching the vaccination orders that might have prevented it, Govt has now partly redeemed itself. It remains accountable for its earlier failures,” Tharoor said in a tweet.
This is a matter of pride for all Indians. Let’s give the Government credit. After severe mismanagement of the second #Covid wave & botching the vaccination orders that might have prevented it, Govt has now partly redeemed itself. It remains accountable for its earlier failures. https://t.co/34UHRWKfDa
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 21, 2021
According to the data from CoWin portal, a total of 100 crore vaccine doses has been administered so far to the eligible population under the vaccination drive in India which means around 75 per cent of India’s all eligible adult population has been administered at least the first dose.
However, the government will now concentrate on ensuring that the second dose is administered on time and as of now just over 31 per cent of people have received both doses of the vaccine.
It is truly remarkable for a country like India to achieve this record because it took 85 days to touch the 10-crore (100 Million) vaccination mark, and 45 more days to cross the 20-crore mark and 29 more days to reach the 30-crore mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Since then India as a nation as gone from strength to strength in ensuring its citizens are vacinated and also now the number of Covid infection and deaths have come down drastically.
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