Over 43% of 60-plus category receive first dose of Covid vaccine: V K Paul

Govt says India has to buy time to get larger population vaccinated

India has overtaken the US to become the top country in giving the highest number of people at least one dose of Covid vaccines in the world, as of June 3.

With over 174 million first doses administered so far, India has covered over 12.6 per cent of its population. The US, on the other hand, has given at least one dose to more than half its population, according to Our World in Data figures.

“It is reassuring that we are intensifying our vaccine campaign steadily and it will be intensified further in the weeks to come,” V K Paul, member-health NITI