The Indian government said on Friday that more than 1 million healthcare workers had been vaccinated against COVID-19.
As of 7:00 a.m. local time Friday, around 1,043,534 people have received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination exercise, the federal health ministry said.
The ministry added that during the last 24 hours, 237,050 people were vaccinated in 4,049 sessions.
The Federal Health Minister, Harsh Vardhan, said on Thursday that COVID-19 vaccines were completely safe and effective and these vaccines would prove to be the final nail in the coffin of the COVID-19 disease.
The inoculation drive against COVID-19 began across India on Jan. 16.
Initially, around 30 million healthcare and frontline workers will be vaccinated, followed by those above 50 years of age and the under-50 population groups with co-morbidities numbering around 270 million. (Xinhua/NAN)
