On way to 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines, focus on second jab

Experts say priority should be on second dose to achieve target of vaccinating entire adult population by 2021-end

From hoisting the Tricolour on Red Fort to announcements in public places, the Union government has lined up large-scale celebrations as India inches closer to the milestone of administering 1 billion doses of Covid vaccines.
 
India launched its Covid-19 vaccination drive on January 16. Of the doses given so far (at 6 PM on the CoWIN dashboard), the proportion of second doses was 28.8 per cent, effectively taking the share of India’s fully vaccinated population to 29.9 per cent. By now, 74 per cent of the eligible population of India (aged 18 and above) has received their first dose