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Leveraging human resources, not tech: Lav Agarwal on India's Covid vaccine feat
Lav agarwal, joint secretary of the ministry of health and family welfare, said India gave QR-coded digital certificates to every beneficiary of the vaccine against Covid-19 and administered 250 million doses in 145 days.
India gave QR-coded digital certificates to every beneficiary of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), having administered 250 million doses in 145 days, said Lav agarwal, joint secretary of the ministry of health and family welfare, on Monday. He said it was not about leveraging technology, but human resources that worked with commitment.
“We gave QR coded digital certificates to every citizen for every #COVID19 dose delivered. We have not leveraged technology, we have leveraged human resources in this country, which worked with commitment,” Agarwal was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
He further said India gave vaccines against the viral disease to 99 countries, besides completing the two-dose course for 1.81 billion of its citizens.
“We provided vaccines to 99 countries across the world... India completed 250 million doses in 145 days. Right now, I'm proud to highlight that we have completed 1.81 billion doses of vaccination,” he added.
Agarwal said that while the threat of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the virus has not yet gone from the country, India has been able to manage the disease 23 times better when compared at the global level.
“Threat of the Omicron variant has not gone away from India, but we have been able to successfully manage as high as 23 times better than the world's overall management of Covid-19 when it comes to saving precious lives,” he added.
India on Monday reported fewer than 2,000 Covid-19 cases for a second consecutive day. The health ministry said 1,549 new infections were recorded in the last 24 hours with an active caseload of 25,106, or 0.06 per cent of cumulative tally.
