10 February,2021 07:02 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
A nurse gives a COVID jab to a cop in Amritsar on Tuesday. Pic/AFP
More than 50 lakh healthcare and frontline workers have been vaccinated against coronavirus in 21 days in India which is the fastest rate in the world, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Responding to a question on vaccine hesitancy, he said at the start of COVID-19 vaccination drive, fewer than planned beneficiaries attended the vaccination sessions due to transient technical issues in CoWIN portal, vaccine hesitancy, among others, which have progressively been addressed.
A total of 93.6 lakh healthcare and 77.9 lakh frontline workers had been registered for the vaccination till January 31, the minister said. "Initially the coverage was low" but, the rate has subsequently increased," he said.
The Centre has noted that the last national serosurvey findings have shown that over 70 per cent of the population is still susceptible to the disease.
Meanwhile, Niti Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul said that an expert committee set up to develop the criteria for identifying significant comorbidities present in a person, which would make that person priority individual for COVID-19 vaccination, will finalise its report in the next few days.
1,08,47,304
Total number of cases in the country as of today
1,55,158
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India
1,05,48,521
Patients recovered and discharged in India as of today
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