Tremendous milestone’: Bill Gates hails India for administering over 10 million vaccines in one day

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American billionaire and philanthropist Gates on Saturday congratulated India for reaching a “tremendous milestone” of administering 10 million vaccine doses against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Friday, thus recording the very best single-day vaccine coverage thus far . This, Gates said, was the results of the collective efforts of the govt , the research and development (R&D) community, vaccine manufacturers, and every one the doctors who made this feat possible.

Congratulations, India, on reaching this tremendous milestone,” Gates wrote during a tweet as he shared a news story on vaccine coverage. “The collective efforts of the govt , R&D community, vaccine manufacturers, and many doctors have made this feat possible.” Gates also tagged the Twitter handles of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and therefore the Union ministry of health and family welfare which, in turn, retweeted his post.

A total of 10,064,376 doses were administered in India on Friday, bettering the previous high of 8.82 million doses assail August 16. About 6.9 million vaccine doses were administered on the average across the country a day for the past week, the very best pace of the inoculation drive ever recorded within the country since the beginning of the mass programme on January 16.

Soumya Swaminathan, the chief scientist of the planet Health Organization (WHO), was also among those that praised India for administering quite 10 million Covid-19 vaccines each day , amid fears of another surge in infections. “Congratulations to the thousands of personnel involved,” she said during a tweet. “Vaccination, along side public health & individual preventive measures will protect everyone!”

PM Modi called the record vaccination milestone a “momentous feat” for the country. Applauding those getting vaccinated also as those making the nationwide vaccination drive a hit , the Prime Minister said crossed 10 million vaccine doses may be a new record for the country.