25 million people in the country are deprived of second dose of corona vaccine on time

(PTI) New Delhi, Dt

Corona epidemic situation in India is under control except in some states like Kerala. However, due to shortage of corona vaccine in the country, 25 million people were deprived of second dose of anti-corona vaccine in time, the government said in an RTI reply. Meanwhile, 30,601 new cases of corona were reported in the country on Thursday, while another 50 died.

RTI activist Raman Sharma sought details from the government on the number of people who had taken the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine but could not get the second dose on time. In response to his RTI, the Covid-12 Vaccine Administration Cell of the Ministry of Health said that it is recommended to take the second dose 6-112 days after the first dose of Covishield vaccine and to keep a gap of 2-3 days between the two doses of Covacin vaccine.

As per the information available on the Covin portal, as on Thursday afternoon, 2,3,8,6 people in the country have taken the first dose while 12,3,09,8 people have taken the second dose.

The health ministry, meanwhile, said on Thursday that a total of 2.4 crore cases were reported in the country with 4,601 new cases of corona, while the death toll crossed 20.5 lakh with another 20 deaths. The national recovery rate has improved to 7.5 per cent. The number of active cases dropped to 2,8,18, the lowest in 12 days. In the last three hours, the number of active cases has dropped by 4.5. The daily positive rate has been 1.2 per cent and has been less than three per cent for the last three days. The weekly positive rate was 1.6 per cent, down from 3 per cent in the previous three days. So far, a total of 4,13,5,060 corona patients have been cured in the country. So far, a total of more than 25 million doses have been given in the country.