India says 75% of its adult population fully vaccinated against Covid
India says it has fully vaccinated 75 percent of its estimated 94 crore adult population with Covid-19 vaccines.
The country's Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted that India has achieved the target of fully vaccinating 75% of its adult population.
Responding to Mandaviya's tweet, Modi termed it a "momentous feat", our New Delhi correspondent reports.
Modi on his official Twitter handle said,"75% of all adults are fully vaccinated. Congratulations to our fellow citizens for this momentous feat."
Later, speaking in his monthly radio broadcast, the first this year, Modi said, "India is fighting with great success with the new wave of coronavirus."
He said it was also a matter of pride that till now about four and a half crore children have been administered Covid vaccine, which means about 60 percent of youth in the age group of 15 to 18 years have got their vaccines within three to four weeks.
"This will not only protect our youth but will also help them to continue with their studies," Modi added.
Another good thing is that within 20 days, one crore people have taken the "precaution" (booster) dose of the vaccine as well," the PM said, adding this shows the "trust of our countrymen in the indigenous vaccine."
The Health Ministry said India recorded 2,34,281 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours pushing the active caseload 18,84,937.
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