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| PM Modi hails vaccination drive | | Says important to maintain momentum’ | | Agencies
New Delhi, June 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a review meet on COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday where he was brought up to speed about the nation-wide vaccination drive. The prime minister expressed satisfaction at the rising speed of vaccinations and emphasised the importance to carry ‘this momentum forward’, a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said. Officials apprised PM that deliberations are on with state governments to explore other methods to raise daily vaccination numbers. The officials further, informed about the supply of vaccine doses for the upcoming months and efforts being made to ramp up production. The meeting was held virtual and was attended by senior officials in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Health Secretary and NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul. The data by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare claims that more than 31 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered. A total of 3.77 crore vaccine doses has been administered which is more than the entire population of countries such as Malaysia, Canada and Saudi Arabia. |
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