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New Delhi : “The number of fully vaccinated individuals has surpassed the partially vaccinated eligible population for the first time in the country. This feat has been made possible due to the Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Jan-Bhagidari’ and “Whole of Government Approach”, people’s faith and confidence in the Government, and the ongoing ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign which has seen tremendous response from various parts of the country,” stated by Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Health & Family Welfare Minister, here on November 17, 2021.
In a significant achievement to the nationwide vaccination coverage for the country, for the first time the number of fully vaccinated individuals has surpassed those who have been administered only a single dose of vaccine against Covid-19. The country has in total administered over 113.68 Crore doses (1,13,68,79,685) as per 7 am provisional reports on November 17, 2021, with the administration of 67,82,042 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, according .
This has been achieved through 1,16,73,459 sessions. The number of fully vaccinated individuals (38,11,55,604) exceeds those who have been administered a single dose (37,45,68,477). The Union Health Minister congratulated the collective spirit of the country on this achievement. In a tweet, he appealed to all eligible citizens to get vaccinated. “We will win the battle against Covid-19 together,” he said, according to a PIB release.
The Union Health Minister expressed confidence that the country will have vaccinated every Indian by the end of the month-long ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign. “The staunch political commitment of the Government of India to protect every citizen from Covid-19 through vaccination has enabled the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive to achieve several feats ever since its inception on January 16, 2021. The nation achieved the distinction of having administered 100 crore doses on October 21, 2021. Subsequently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign on November 3, 2021, to knock every door and reach out to every household and immunise every citizen against Covid-19 in the spirit of Antyodaya,”Dr Mandaviya said.
The month long ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ vaccination campaign aims to ensure that all the adult population is covered with the first dose of Covid vaccine, while those who are due for the second doses are motivated to take the second dose. Healthcare workers are conducting door-to-door vaccinations of eligible people across India with a special focus on districts where less than 50 per cent of the eligible population has been vaccinated.
The Union Health Minister also assured that there was no shortage of vaccine doses in the country. He urged people to come forward for second dose, and motivate those in their family and community to take both the doses.