Covid vaccination pace for 15-17 age group slows down further: Data

At the current pace, child vaccinations may only be complete by the end of the year. India has 83.3 million children in the 12-14 age group who are yet to be vaccinated

Just over a month of starting its Covid vaccination for 15-17-year-olds, India has administered over 60 million doses to this age cohort. On February 10, data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare shows that the country had administered 50.8 million doses first and 10.5 million second doses.

A Business Standard analysis shows that the pace of vaccination is slowing down, and even second dose administration is catching up. Vaccination is nowhere near the levels witnessed during the first two weeks of January. For the first five days, since the vaccination drive started on January 3, the government had