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By July or early Aug, will have enough Covid vaccines to inoculate 1 cr people a day: Centre

Addressing a presser, the Central government has informed that by July or early August, there will be enough coronavirus vaccines to inoculate one crore people a day.

By July or early Aug, will have enough Covid vaccines to inoculate 1 cr people a day: Centre
By July or early Aug, will have enough Covid vaccines to inoculate 1 cr people a day: Centre
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Published : Jun 1, 2021, 6:27 PM IST

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday said that by July or early August, there will be enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate one crore people a day.

It also said that mixing vaccines is not a protocol till further update and there is no change in the schedule of the two-dose Covishield and Covaxin vaccines.

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Specifying norms for opening districts, the Centre said that the Covid positivity rate should be below five per cent for a week, over 70 per cent of the vulnerable population should be vaccinated and there should be community ownership to implement Covid-appropriate behaviour.

It said the positivity rate is less than five per cent in 344 districts and 30 states have reported a decline in active COVID-19 cases since the last week.

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There has also been an almost 69 per cent decline in Covid cases since the peak recorded on May 7, the Centre said.

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New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday said that by July or early August, there will be enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate one crore people a day.

It also said that mixing vaccines is not a protocol till further update and there is no change in the schedule of the two-dose Covishield and Covaxin vaccines.

Read:| SC seeks information on Centre's scheme for children orphaned by COVID

Specifying norms for opening districts, the Centre said that the Covid positivity rate should be below five per cent for a week, over 70 per cent of the vulnerable population should be vaccinated and there should be community ownership to implement Covid-appropriate behaviour.

It said the positivity rate is less than five per cent in 344 districts and 30 states have reported a decline in active COVID-19 cases since the last week.

Read:| CAA: IUML in SC against Centre's notification seeking applications from non-Muslim refugees

There has also been an almost 69 per cent decline in Covid cases since the peak recorded on May 7, the Centre said.

PTI

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