Watch | 100 Indian monuments light up in tricolour to mark 1 billion vaccinations

Hundred heritage monuments in India were lit up in colours of the national flag on Thursday to mark the 100 crore COVID 19 vaccine doses being administered in the country.

The monuments include the Red Fort, Qutub Minar, Humayun Tomb, Tughlaqabad Fort, Purana Qila, Fatehpur Sikri Agra, Ramappa Temple, Hampi, Dholavira (Gujarat), ancient Leh Palace; Currency Building and Metcalf Hall in Kolkata; Khajuraho temples (MP), and Golconda Fort in Hyderabad.

This was done to pay tribute to health professionals, frontline workers, scientists, vaccine manufacturers and the citizens of the country who fought the pandemic.

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The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India surpassed the 100-crore milestone on Thursday.

Congratulating India for the same, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted. 

Meanwhile, according to official sources, around 75% of India’s all eligible adult population has been administered at least the first dose and around 31% has received both the doses of the vaccine.

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The Indian Medical Association (IMA) hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and healthcare workers.

When many countries were witnessing more than 2.5% COVID-19 mortality rate, India with its “altruistic leadership, passionately obligated” modern medical manpower and synchronised efforts of the ministry of health fostered the country’s healthcare and kept the mortality under 1.4 per cent throughout the pandemic, the IMA said in a statement.

“COVID-19 struck us in an unprecedented way resulting in heartbreaking casualties of both the public, nearly 2,000 doctors, and many political leaders too,” the doctors’ body said.

“Though there were many challenges on bed availability, oxygen shortage, drugs, and misinformation campaigns, which were effectively managed by the proactive leadership of the prime minister, the acme of accomplishment was the approval and roll-out of vaccination on January 16,” it stated.