India started what it says in the world's biggest vaccination programme on Jan 16, aiming to reach 300 million people by July-August. Twelve states and union territories have vaccinated 60% of their healthcare workers so far but many need to improve their performance, the government said after a review by the federal health secretary. It said in a statement there remains "substantial scope for improvement in the number of average vaccinations per vaccination session." India vaccinated about 3 million healthcare workers in the first two weeks of the campaign - an average of just over 200,000 a day - but will have to accelerate to meet its summer coverage target. The government asked states to schedule all healthcare workers for vaccination at least once by Feb 20 and all frontline workers by March 6.

Source: bd News24 February 06, 2021 19:18 UTC