Over 1 crore precaution doses administered among eligible beneficiaries: Union health minister Mandaviya

NEW DELHI: India on Friday achieved yet another milestone as more than 1 crore precaution doses or the third vaccine shots have been administered to the eligible population.

"Under the leadership of Prime Minister @Narendra Modi ji, the world's largest vaccination campaign is continuously scaling new heights", said Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted.

"In just 19 days, more than 1 crore precaution doses have been administered to healthcare and frontline workers and eligible people above 60+ age".

According to the Central government's CoWIN portal, a total 1,02,90,374 precaution doses have been administered among frontline workers, healthcare workers and people above 60 years of age so far.

The drive for administering the precaution dose started across the country on January 10.

According to the Union health ministry's latest update on Friday, a total 30,80,268 precaution doses have been administered to healthcare workers, 32,72,230 to frontline workers and 39,88,944 for the above 60.

With the administration of more than 57 lakh vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid vaccination coverage has exceeded 164.44 crore.

(With inputs from agencies)