Coronavirus Vaccine
India creates world record with 2.5 crore Covid-19 vaccinations in a day
New Delhi/IBNS: India administered more than 2.5 crore Covid-19 vaccine shots in a day for the first time on Friday.
The government raced to administer a record number of shots on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday.
At 11:58 pm, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed the "historic" figure in a tweet.
Congratulations india!
— Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) September 17, 2021
PM @NarendraModi जी के जन्मदिवस पर भारत ने आज इतिहास रच दिया है।
2.50 करोड़ से अधिक टीके लगा कर देश और विश्व के इतिहास में स्वर्णिम अध्याय लिखा है।
आज का दिन हेल्थकर्मियों के नाम रहा। #HealthArmyZindabad pic.twitter.com/F2EC5byMdt
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to congratulate countrymen. "Every Indian would be proud of today's record vaccination numbers," he wrote and thanked doctors, innovators, administrators, nurses, healthcare and all front-line workers for toiling hard to vaccinate the highest number of people in a single day since the launch of the inoculation drive.
Every Indian would be proud of today’s record vaccination numbers.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2021
I acknowledge our doctors, innovators, administrators, nurses, healthcare and all front-line workers who have toiled to make the vaccination drive a success. Let us keep boosting vaccination to defeat COVID-19.
The government had set a target of 2.5 crore and crossed the mark by 10,390.
Till now, China had administered the highest number of shots -2.47 crore - in a single day in June.
In the evening, as India crossed the 2 crore mark, the World Health Organization's South-East Asia office tweeted its congratulations.
"Congratulations India for yet another milestone!" the UN health body's regional office said.
Congratulations India for yet another milestone! @mansukhmandviya @PIB_India @ANI @gavi @UNICEFROSA @who https://t.co/5GxVruXcxS
— WHO South-East Asia (@WHOSEARO) September 17, 2021
India crossed the one crore-mark in the afternoon, after which ministers and BJP leaders urged more people tweets get their shots.
"On PM @Narendra Modi Ji's birthday, till 1:30 pm, the country has crossed the mark of 1 crore vaccines, the fastest so far, and we are continuously moving forward. I believe that today we will all make a new record of vaccination and give it as a gift to the prime minister," Mandaviya tweeted.
He was seen in a video celebrating with health workers and distributing sweets.
Thank you all Health Workers.
— Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) September 17, 2021
Well Done India! 😊 pic.twitter.com/l7K7R9ZEtm
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