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Covid: India will vaccinate everyone by Dec 2021, says Prakash Javadekar

Javadekar hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who hours earlier, had pointed out that less than 3 per cent of India's population had received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

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Amid rising criticism of the Centre’s Covid vaccination drive, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, on Friday, said India will vaccinate its entire population by the end of this year. 
 
Javadekar hit out at Congress Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi, who hours earlier, had pointed out that less than 3 per cent of India’s population has been fully vaccinated or received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. 
 
"India's vaccination will be completed before 2021. The Health Ministry has given a blueprint for how 1.08 billion people, with 2.16 billion doses, will get vaccinated before December 2021. Rahulji, if you’re concerned about vaccination,

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