Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Update on COVID-19 Vaccination


With two Made-in-India vaccines, COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Successfully conducted on day 1

3,352 sessions held; 1,91,181 beneficiaries vaccinated

16,755 personnel actively involved in the massive nationwide program

No case of Post-vaccination Hospitalization reported

Posted On: 16 JAN 2021 8:32PM by PIB Delhi

In a major leap in India’s public health history, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the COVID-19 vaccine drive in the country, the world’s largest vaccination drive so far.

The first day of the massive countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program was conducted successfully.  A total of 3,352 sessions were held wherein 1,91,181 beneficiaries were vaccinated as per the provisional reports. Additional 3,429 beneficiaries were vaccinated in Defence institutions. As many as 16,755 personnel were actively involved in organizing the immunization session sites.

No case of post-vaccination hospitalization has been reported, so far.

Two types of COVID-19 vaccines have been supplied for the vaccination drive:

    • Covishield vaccine (made by Serum Institute of India Ltd) has been supplied to all States/UTs.
    • Covaxin vaccine (made by Bharat Biotech International Ltd) has been supplied to 12 States.

Adequate quantities of vaccines and logistics were ensured at all COVID-19 vaccination session sites across the country. Minor issues such as some delay in uploading of beneficiary list at some session sites were successfully resolved.

State/UT

Session

Beneficiaries

A & N Islands

2

225

Andhra Pradesh

332

18412

Arunachal Pradesh

9

829

Assam

65

3528

Bihar

301

18169

Chandigarh

4

265

Chhattisgarh

97

5592

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

1

80

Daman & Diu

1

43

Delhi

81

4319

Goa

7

426

Gujarat

161

10787

Haryana

77

5589

Himachal Pradesh

28

1517

Jammu & Kashmir

41

2044

Jharkhand

48

3096

Karnataka

242

13594

Kerala

133

8062

Ladakh

2

79

Lakshadweep

1

21

Madhya Pradesh

150

9219

Maharashtra

285

18328

Manipur

10

585

Meghalaya

10

509

Mizoram

5

314

Nagaland

9

561

Odisha

161

13746

Puducherry

8

274

Punjab

59

1319

Rajasthan

167

9279

Sikkim

2

120

Tamil Nadu

161

2945

Telangana

140

3653

Tripura

18

355

Uttar Pradesh

317

21291

Uttarakhand

34

2276

West Bengal

183

9730

India (Total)

3352

191181

 

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