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India scripts history! Witnessing the triumph of Indian science, enterprise and collective spirit of 130 crore Indian, Tweets PM Modi

New Delhi: As India achieved the milestone of vaccinating over 100 crore citizens on Thursday, PM Modi congratulated India and paid his gratitude to  doctors, nurses and all those who worked to achieve this feat. India scripts history. We are witnessing the triumph of Indian science, enterprise and collective spirit of 130 crore Indians. Congrats …

New Delhi: As India achieved the milestone of vaccinating over 100 crore citizens on Thursday, PM Modi congratulated India and paid his gratitude to  doctors, nurses and all those who worked to achieve this feat.

In a landmark achievement, India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed 100 crore doses on Thursday. A total of 100 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far to eligible beneficiaries, as per the CoWIN portal at 9:47 am today.

India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive was launched on January 16, 2021.

Initially, the vaccination was opened for Health Care Workers (HCWs) only.

From February 2, front line workers were made eligible for vaccination. These included State and Central Police personnel, Armed Force Personnel, Home Guards, Civil Defence & Disaster Management Volunteers, Municipal workers, Prison Staff, PRI Staff and Revenue workers involved in containment and surveillance, Railway Protection Force and election Staff.

UP achieves vaccine milestone; over 8.39 crore doses administered so far

The vaccination drive was expanded from March 1 to include persons above 60 years of age and those above 45 years with associated specified 20 comorbidities. It was further expanded to all people above 45 years of age from April 1. From May 1 all persons above 18 years of age were made eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.