1 billion doses: How India's Covid vaccine campaign compares to others

Most populous states may decide pace going forward

India on Thursday reached the milestone of one billion Covid vaccines in a little over nine months, commemorating the occasion by unfurling the national flag at the Red Fort and lighting up around 100 heritage monuments in the country in saffron, white, and green. 

India has administered the second-highest number of doses in the world, next only to China, which is said to have given over 2.2 billion doses to its citizens.

“Today — October 21 — has been registered in history. The country has the protective shield of 100 crore doses to protect us from a once in a century pandemic,”