Coronavirus Vaccine
India's August Covid-19 vaccine tally exceeds G7 countries combined: Centre
New Delhi/IBNS: India has given more Covid-19 vaccine shots in August than all the G7 nations combined, the Centre said today.
In a tweet, the Centre's official handle MyGovIndia said the country administered over 180 million vaccine doses in the month of August that exceeds all the group of 7 nations combined that includes Canada, the UK, the US, Italy, Germany, France, and Japan.
Yet another achievement! With more than 180 million vaccine doses administered in the month of August, India leaves a mark on the Global map of leading its way in vaccinating its population on priority. #LargestVaccineDrive pic.twitter.com/ftvdHVIWMk
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) September 5, 2021
Canada administered three million doses and Japan 40 million doses, the two lowest and highest range, respectively, among G7 nations, according to data tweeted by MyGovIndia.
"Yet another achievement! With more than 180 million vaccine doses administered in the month of August, India leaves a mark on the Global map of leading its way in vaccinating its population on priority," the government tweeted.
The total COVID-19 vaccine shots administered to the eligible citizens in the country so far have crossed 68.46 crore.
The country Sunday registered 42,766 new cases of COVID-19.
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