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New Delhi, May 30 (PTI) The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 193.43 crore on Monday, the Union health ministry said.<\/p>\n
More than 11 lakh vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm on Monday. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late night, it said.<\/p>\n
A total of 52,062 precaution doses of the vaccines were administered in those aged 18-59 years till 7 pm on Monday, taking the total number of such doses given in this age group to 22,74,619 so far, according to the ministry.<\/p>\n
So far, 3.39 crore children in the age group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose while 5.94 crore adolescents aged 15-18 years have been given the first dose.<\/p>\n
The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. 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 comorbid conditions.<\/p>\n
Vaccination for all people aged more than 45 years began on April 1 last year.<\/p>\n
The government then decided to expand the ambit of the vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 years to be inoculated against Covid from May 1 last year.<\/p>\n
Inoculation of adolescents in the age group of 15-18 years commenced on January 3.<\/p>\n
India began administering precaution doses of vaccines to healthcare and frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities from January 10.<\/p>\n
The country began inoculating children aged 12-14 from March 16 and also removed the comorbidity clause making all people aged above 60 eligible for the precaution dose of Covid vaccine.<\/p>\n
India on April 10 began administering precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccines to all aged above 18 years.<\/p>\n
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