Earlier this week, several officials rejoiced as India hit a single-day record by administering more than 8 million vaccines for the coronavirus.
However, this reportedly might not be able to revitalize the country that is still reeling from the aftereffects of the second wave of COVID-19. According to reports, experts have been questioning whether this week’s push averaging about 4.6 million doses a day, up from about 3 million for most of the past month, can be sustained in the long run.
The Centre had earlier halted the COVID-19 vaccine export in April after witnessing the devastation across India. Therefore, benefiting from a huge vaccine producing industry, India has covered only 4 per cent of its massive population, putting it far behind most of the West and China, which is deploying about 20 million doses a day.
Meanwhile, experts have been worrying about a potential third wave of the coronavirus, which can cause a repeat of the recent events which led to a humongous shortage of oxygen in the midst of the hospitals being overwhelmed due to the lack of beds. Moreover, the emergence of the Delta and Delta plus variants of the coronavirus disease which has increased transmissibility, has once again put India, and by extension the world, in a state of high alert.
On the other hand, as per the data shared by Mumbai’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Wednesday, June 23, more than 1,00,000 citizens were vaccinated against the coronavirus. This comes after the civic body resumed the vaccination process for the age group 18-30. Furthermore, there are 386 vaccination centres in the city, of which 94 are private, 20 are state or central government ones, while the remaining 272 are civic centres.
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