Health and Family Welfare Ministry of India informed that more than 4.50 lakh people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 till today.
“4,54,049 people have been vaccinated by Covid-19 vaccines till now. The active cases around 2 lakhs after seven months and the number is declining. After eight months, the daily number of deaths is less than 140,” said secretary Rajesh Bhushan.
He further said, “0.18% adverse events happened following immunisation and 0.002% of people were hospitalised following immunisation. These are fairly low and the lowest so far in the world in the first three days.”
(Published 19 January 2021, 13:33 IST)