Day 2 of new Covid-19 vaccine policy: Jab count drops after day of high

Day two report card A look at the top states that gave the highest number of doses on Day One of the new vaccine policy, but numbers slipped drastically for most of them

As the momentum of vaccination dropped from 8.8 million to over 5 million on Day Two of the new vaccine policy, the government said the surge in numbers was not sudden and a result of collaborative planning between the Centre and states.

“The jump in daily vaccination numbers on June 21 was not sudden but a result of coordinated strategy and planning between states and the union who worked very hard. It is possible if both capacity and vaccines are available,” Rajesh Bhushan, health secretary, said while addressing a press briefing on the Covid situation in India.

The government also said that