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New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) Over 16,350 precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered to beneficiaries in the 18-59 years age group till 7 pm on the fourth day of the drive on Wednesday, taking the total number of such doses given in this age group to 61,957 so far, according to the Union health ministry.<\/p>\n
India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed 186.21 crore on Wednesday with more than 12 lakh vaccine doses being administered till 7 pm, the ministry said, adding that the daily vaccination tally is expected to go up with the compilation of the final reports by late night.<\/p>\n
India began administering the precaution doses of the vaccines to all aged above 18 years at private vaccination centres from Sunday.<\/p>\n
Those above the age of 18 and who have completed nine months since the administration of the second dose of the vaccine are eligible to receive the precaution dose.<\/p>\n
More than 2.36 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the 12-14 years age group so far.<\/p>\n
Over 2.49 crore precaution doses have been administered to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged 60 and above so far.<\/p>\n
The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. The vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2 last year.<\/p>\n
The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced on March 1 last year for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions.<\/p>\n
India launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 years from April 1 last year. The Centre then decided to expand the vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 years of age to be inoculated against the viral disease from May 1 last year.<\/p>\n
The next phase of vaccination commenced from January 3 this year for adolescents in the age group of 15-18 years.<\/p>\n
The country began administering precaution doses to healthcare and frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities from January 10.<\/p>\n
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