India celebrates 1 bn Covid-19 vaccine doses with song, film, national flag

India has so far reported 34.1 million Covid-19 cases and more than 452,000 deaths.

India completed administering 1 billion doses (100 crore) of Covid-19 vaccines on Thursday: an event the government plans celebrating with a song, promotional film and announcements on airplanes, ships and railway stations.

"The country is close to making a vaccine century. To be a part of this golden opportunity, I appeal to the citizens who are yet to be vaccinated to contribute in this historic golden vaccination journey of India by getting vaccinated immediately," said Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday on Twitter.

India had administered 995 million vaccine does (99.54 crore) till Wednesday, PTI reported citing data till 7.15 pm data from the Co-WIN portal. As many as 75 per cent of all adults have taken the first dose and around 31 per cent are fully vaccinated with two doses, according to the portal.

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