More than 84% of all adults in the country are currently eligible for booster shots.
"PM Narendra Modi Ji's government is committed to creating a healthy and safe India. I urge all the eligible beneficiaries to get their precaution dose at the earliest and also keep following Covid-appropriate behaviour to defeat the pandemic," Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Twitter.
The ministry of health launched the special campaign, labelled the "Covid Vaccination Amrit Mahotsava", on July 15, 2022, under which special vaccination drives were organised by all states and Union territories to increase the severely lagging uptake for booster shots in the country.
In all, 159.2 million precaution doses were administered during this 75-day period, government data shows.
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