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India's Covid vaccination drive completes 1 year, over 156.76 cr doses administered so far

The drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. Vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2

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The drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. Image/Satej Shinde

The drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. Image/Satej Shinde

The countrywide vaccination drive against Covid-19 on Sunday completed one year, during which over 156.76 crore of vaccine doses were administered. According to health ministry officials, over 92 per cent of the adult population have received at least one dose while over 68 per cent have been fully vaccinated.  The Centre will issue a postal stamp on Sunday afternoon to mark the completion of one year of the inoculation drive.

The drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. Vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2. The next phase of the Covid-19 vaccination commenced from March 1 for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions.

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