A jab at veracity

States should not aim to artificially push vaccination numbers

India crossed the five million vaccination mark for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, which is a significant improvement from the earlier score. There are some other encouraging takeaways too from this. They indicate the existence of institutional capabilities to deliver 8.6 million vaccines — a feat achieved on the first day when the Centre’s “free-for-all” vaccination policy came into effect — far higher than the daily mean of two-three million. If the data from the National Technical Group on Immunisation in India is correct, the country will have 200-220 million doses of vaccines by July-August, meaning supply should no