Landmark 1 Billion Covid Vaccine Dose To Be Administered Next Week: Sources

Sources also said a second committee of experts would approach the national drug regulator, the DCGI, for emergency approval of a Covid vaccine for children

India will cross the landmark of one billion, or 100 crore, COVID-19 vaccine doses early next week, either on Monday or Tuesday, top Health Ministry sources have said.

Health Ministry sources said this would be a "great achievement".

Till this evening around 96.7 crore doses have been administered.

According to the CoWIN dashboard, around 30.25 lakh doses have been administered today, with more than 50 per cent of those (around 16.8 lakh) being the second dose.