India has become the fastest country in the world to achieve more than 7 million vaccinations against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), taking only 26 days to accomplish this feat. In early January, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved Covishield, the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and University of Oxford, and manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India. We have become the fastest country in the world to administer 7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses. #LargestVaccineDrive @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/plRooW70tD — MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) February 11, 2021Out of the 7.4 million vaccinations, around 5.8 million comprise healthcare workers and more than 1.6 million frontline workers. India is now poised to give the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine to the healthcare and frontline workers.

Source: Hindustan Times February 11, 2021 15:30 UTC