How Madhya Pradesh Topped Country By Giving 16 Lakh Covid Vaccine Doses In A Day

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guidance was behind the Covid immunisation exercise picking up pace

Madhya Pradesh today administered over 16 lakh doses of Covid vaccine, the highest in the country, as the centre's new policy on the immunisation exercise came into force. Till 9 pm, the state had administered a record 16.41 lakh doses of Covid vaccine, much more than the target of 10 lakh it had set for the day. Madhya Pradesh accounted for 20 per cent of the 80 lakh vaccine doses administered across the country on Day One of the new policy. Under the new guidelines, the centre has started providing vaccines free of charge to all above the age of 18 years and taken back control of vaccination from states. Behind Madhya Pradesh topping the country in vaccine doses given out today are a slew of steps taken by the state government.