As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Indian Govt has been supporting the states, UTs by providing them COVID vaccines free of cost.
Active cases account for less than one per cent of total cases, currently at 0.43 per cent, lowest since March 2020.
The total active cases of COVID in India slightly dipped to 1,62,661, the health ministry data showed.
"This achievement belongs to every individual in the country. I congratulate every citizen for this feat," the Prime Minister said in his address to the nation day after India accomplished the target of administering 100 jabs
We've created a safety net of 100 crore vaccines around us, but those who have not been vaccinated yet should come ahead to get vaccinated and complete this safety net.
More than 31 percent of the country's around 93 crore adults have been administered both doses, according to Union Health Ministry officials.
As per the official figures, Gujarat has around 4.93 cr people above the age of 18, who are eligible to take vaccine against coronavirus.
VK Paul, also a Niti Aayog member, further said that this is an unusual feat and has been achieved in the short period of just 9 months.
Meanwhile, India's cumulative COVID vaccination coverage crossed 100 cr on Thursday. India started its COVID vaccination drive on Jan 16 this year.
India achieved a major milestone in its vaccination programme against COVID as the cumulative vaccine doses administered in India surpassed 100-crore mark on Thursday.
The cumulative COVID vaccine doses administered in the country surpassed the 100-crore milestone on Thursday.
India completed 100 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses today. The government has planned to celebrate this achievement by making announcements over loudspeakers on trains, planes, and ships.
More than 3.43 crore people have been inoculated in the state with around 2.43 crore of them having received the first dose of the vaccines.
Claiming that the target has been achieved three months in advance, the chief minister thanked all government, private and voluntary agencies involved in the exercise.
An expert panel of India's central drug authority has recommended granting EUA to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children and adolescents in the 2-18 years age group with certain conditions.
As many as 82,229 doses of COVID vaccine were administered in the last 24 hours across the UT bringing the cumulative number of doses administered in the UT to 1,34,94,675, the official data said.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, sharing the achievement on Twitter, said that India is close to administering 100 crore COVID-19 vaccines.
Approval of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine, which goes by the name Mosquirix, provides a “glimmer of hope” for Africa, according to Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa.
Addressing a press briefing, Dr. Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the organization again calls on “all countries to ensure the recognition of vaccines proven to be efficacious and safe and certainly that meet WHO Emergency Use Listing criteria”.
Pharma company Zydus Cadila is learnt to have proposed a price of Rs 1,900 for its three-dose jab ZyCov-D that can be given to those above 12 years of age.
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