Watch: Ships At All Major Ports Hoot To Mark A Billion Covid Jabs

A video from Kolkata's Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port showed massive vessels parked in still waters blazing their sirens as officials load cargo onto some ships.

Ships anchored at all major ports of the country hooted today as India achieved the milestone of administering a billion Covid vaccine doses in just 279 days.

Aerial videos of several ports show ships lined up along the docks sounding their sirens to commemorate the landmark.

A video from Kolkata's Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port showed massive vessels parked in still waters blazing their sirens as officials load cargo onto some ships.

India reached the one billion mark this morning with the government hoping to inoculate all of India's 944 million adults this year.