Some north-eastern states lagging in Covid vaccination, shows data

At the current pace, some states in the northeast will take two years to vaccinate their entire eligible population

India was able to administer 22 million Covid vaccine doses on a mission mode on September 17, but five states administered 55 per cent of those doses.

Although the country is averaging 5.6 million doses daily, the administration of vaccines is inequitable. At the current pace, India will be able to completely vaccinate its adult population by April 2022—assuming there is a hiatus of four months to administer the second dose of Covishield. But state-wide variations show that if attention is not paid to the lagging states, it may take another two years to vaccinate the entire country.

Smaller states