The Republic of India had distributed beyond 1 billion coronavirus disease 2019 jabs since it began its inoculation program in January this year 2021.
The country had accomplished this achievement within 278 days in which the first vaccine shot was given last January 16, 2021.
It has so far fully vaccinated approximately 30% of its total population which is equivalent to 291 million people within the qualified population while 707 million individuals had received their first dose.
India’s main objective amidst the pandemic is to inoculate 1 billion people by the last part of 2021 although experts say the initiative needs to further speed up in order to fulfill its goal.
Completing the 1 billion target in 278 days signifies that India, in general, apportioned 3.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines per day nonetheless the number of doses that are actually administered daily since the start of the program was not stable varied greatly.
Moreover, the country had during this time recorded more than 34 million Covid-19 cases second to the United States in terms of highest Covid-19 cases while recording more than 452,000 deaths behind the US and Brazil.