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100 CRORE VACCINATIONS BY INDIA FASTEST VACCINATION
CAMPAIGN EVER
75
Crore
100
50 Crore
Crore
25
Crore Data as of 15 October 2021
n the midst of Navratri, this time in Bhagalpur,
Bihar, people reached the pandals to see Maa
IDurga, where the facilities were made for getting
the Covid vaccination. In Ahmedabad, the municipal
corporation has announced a reward through This day of October 21, 2021, has
a prize draw for getting more and more people been recorded in history. This
vaccinated. Through the Vaccination on Wheels achievement belongs to every
campaign in Delhi, daily vaccination facilities are citizen of India. This achievement of
being provided to such laborers who are unable India is unprecedented in the field of
to register themselves. In Himachal and Kashmir, health as well as a symbol of India's
health workers are giving vaccines to the people potential on the world stage. We are
living in small villages situated in the mountains. witnessing the victory of science,
You must have already seen the pictures of the enterprise, and collective spirit of
vaccine boat in the previous issues of 'New India
Samachar' that how it gave momentum to the 130 crore Indians.
vaccination drive even in the midst of floods in
Bihar. - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
All these stories are the milestones that
strengthen the foundation of the world's largest
and free vaccination campaign, which made it
possible to administer over 100 crore vaccines.
Several doubts were raised when in the midst of campus in Rishikesh, Prime Minister Narendra
the second wave of Covid central government Modi said, “For India's fight against Corona, a
unveiled its plan to vaccinate 100 crore people by major challenge was not only our population,
December. The vaccine shortage was made an but India's diverse geography has also been
issue but by administering 100 crore vaccine doses a big impediment. From the supply of oxygen
two and a half months before the target, India has to the vaccine, both these challenges kept
shown its resilience and determination. coming before the country. In fact, on normal
But how this milestone was achieved? It is also days, India used to produce 900 metric tons of
equally important to understand this. Inaugurating liquid medical oxygen a day. As the demand
the new PSA Oxygen Generation Plant at the AIIMS increased, India ramped up the production of
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