The government of India will begin vaccination for people above 50 from March 1. Health secretary Rajesh Bhushan has sent a written notice to chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories on Sunday to increase the number of days of vaccination in a week to four days.
The Centre has also advised all public facilities like hospitals, community health centres, medical colleges to be prepared for the vaccination drive on designated days from March 1.
“As highlighted during several review meetings that have been conducted with the states and UTs, the pace of vaccination drive and its coverage needs to be accelerated exponentially to cover all identified beneficiaries in a minimum possible time,” Bhushan said in his letter.
11,085,173 vaccine doses have been regulated as of February 21, including 6,391,544 healthcare with the first dose of the vaccine, 960,642 with the second dose.
