Vaccine hesitancy is currently the greatest threat is in fighting the coronavirus pandemic said Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla.
“The vaccine industry has worked tirelessly to provide enough stocks for the nation. Today, there are over 200 million doses available with states. I urge all adults to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Vaccine hesitancy is now the greatest threat in overcoming this pandemic,” he said in a tweet.
The vaccine industry has worked tirelessly to provide enough stocks for the nation. Today there are over 200 million doses available with states. I urge all adults to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Vaccine hesitancy is now the greatest threat in overcoming this pandemic.
— Adar Poonawalla (@adarpoonawalla) November 17, 2021
India on Thursday crossed the 115-crore vaccination mark with 73.44 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the last 24 hours. More than 22.45 crore doses are still available with states and union territories and the Union government has provided 128.49 crore doses to the states and UTs till date.
Over 115 crore vaccine doses administered in India till now, says Health Ministry Saying that there was no shortage of vaccine doses in the country, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya urged people to come forward for the second dose.
Till late Wednesday evening, the country had administered over 75.57 crore first doses and over 38.11 crore of the second dose. The government is reaching out to districts where less than 50% of the eligible population has been vaccinated.
India reported 11,919 Covid-19 cases on Thursday with active caseload at 1.28 lakh cases with weekly positivity rate of 0.94%.
