Photos: India administers record 8.6mn vaccine doses in a single day

The Centre launched a common vaccination programme in opposition to Covid-19 on June 21 to offer states with free vaccines for the 18-45 class. On its first day, India administered shut to eight.6 million vaccine doses in opposition to coronavirus illness (Covid-19), the nation's highest single-day quantity recorded thus far. India’s nationwide Covid-19 immunisation drive started on January 16. For healthcare staff, and was later expanded to incorporate all frontline staff on February 2, after which, everybody over the age of 60 years and other people over the age of 45 with co-morbidities, on March 1. On April 1, it was expanded to incorporate everybody over the age of 45.