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India has administered at least 565 million Covid vaccine doses till now
By 7pm on Wednesday, 565,732,128 vaccine doses were given across the states and UTs. As many as 4,881,588 doses were administered on the day. Of this, 3,585,420 beneficiaries were vaccinated with the first dose and 1,296,168 beneficiaries received the second dose of vaccine
India had administered at least 565 million Covid vaccine doses by Wednesday, August 18. Meanwhile, vaccines for children may be available by September and the trials for inoculating those between 2 and 18 years are underway, said Priya Abraham, director of the National Institute of Virology.
In an interview to India Science, an OTT platform of the department of science and technology, Abraham said phase 2/3 clinical trials are in process for those between 2 and 18 years of age. “Hopefully the results will be available soon and they will be presented to regulators. Probably by September or just after September, we may have a vaccine for children… this is Covaxin,” she said.
Meanwhile, by 7pm on Wednesday, 565,732,128 vaccine doses were given across the states and UTs. As many as 4,881,588 doses were administered on the day. Of this, 3,585,420 beneficiaries were vaccinated with the first dose and 1,296,168 beneficiaries received the second dose of vaccine.
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In the 18-45 age group, 2,593,571 were given the first dose while 577,183 doses were given as the second dose on the day. Cumulatively, 208,043,061 persons in this age group across the country have received their first dose and 17,281,211 have received their second dose since the start of Phase-3 of the vaccination drive.
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have administered more than 10 million vaccine doses in the 18-45 years age group. Also, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have vaccinated more than 1 million beneficiaries of the age group with the first dose.
On Thursday, India reported 36,401 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours, said the government statement.
