Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Dr P K Misra chaired a high level meeting yesterday to review the status and progress of COVID vaccination across States and Union Territories.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretaries and the officers involved in the vaccination process in the States and UTs. The Health Secretary apprised the meeting on India achieving the landmark of administering more than 20 lakh doses in a single day. The country is approaching 2.5 crore total vaccination coverage, powered by the fastest recent growth in vaccination globally.
Dr P K Misra commended all officials across the Central and State governments, for their vital role in the successful rollout of the world’s largest vaccination drive. He also reiterated the need to continue this momentum in a sustained manner.
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba advised the States to ramp up the speed of vaccination, to cover as many eligible people as possible. States were asked to prepare a detailed roadmap for the next three months.
During the meeting, it was informed that there is no shortage of vaccine doses in any State and UT. All States were advised to register and activate all private facilities and also provide sufficient stock of vaccines to the private facilities for 15 to 28 days so that these facilities can offer online open slots to citizens.
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister asked all the senior officials to work through a scientific, evidence-based, micro-planned, area-specific approach to ensure convenient and safe vaccination for all.
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