Prime Minister lauds the historic milestone of 1.5 billion vaccine doses

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has heaped praise on achieving a new milestone of administering 150 crore doses of vaccines in India. He congratulated the experts and people of India while inaugurating the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata on December 7 via video conference.

Those who were present at the occasion were the Chief Minister of West Bengal Ms Mamata Banerjee and Union Ministers Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Dr Subhas Sarkar, Shri Shantanu Thakur, Shri John Barla and Shri Nisith Pramanik.

The Prime Minister said, “The country started the year with vaccination for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years. At the same time, India is also achieving the historic milestone of 150 crore - 1.5 billion vaccine doses, in the first week of the first month of the year itself. 150 crore doses in less than one year is a significant achievement and symbol of the will power of the country. It denotes the country's new confidence, Aatmnirbharta and pride. As cases are rising due to the omicron variant, this shield of 150 crore vaccines doses becomes all the more important,”

PM Modi added, “More than 90 percent of India's adult population has received a single dose of the vaccine. Within just 5 days, more than 1.5 crore children have also been given the dose of the vaccine. I dedicate this achievement to the whole country and every government. I especially thank the scientists of the country, the vaccine manufacturers and the people in the health sector for this achievement.”