Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today released a commemorative Postal Stamp on COVID-19 Vaccine to mark the 1st anniversary of India's National Covid-19 Vaccination program along with Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and Shri Devusinh Chauhan, Union Minister of State for Communications.
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health & Family Welfare said, “This is a historic occasion for us as postal stamp is being released on completion of one year of world's largest COVID-19 vaccination program, which was rolled out in India on 16th January, 2021. Within a span of one year, we have administered more than 156 Crore COVID-19. Our vaccination program is in fact a role model for the global community. It is because of Jan Bhagidari that India was able to achieve this feat. He thanked all the Healthcare professionals, scientific community, vaccine manufacturers and all the people for their relentless hardwork and dedication in fighting the Covid Pandemic.
Highlighting the remarkable efforts of all the stakeholders in our collective fight against COVID-19, the Union Health Minister said "The entire world community is surprised with our efforts in fighting the COVID pandemic. Despite having a high density of population, we have been able to administer more than 156 Crore COVID-19 Vaccine doses. India has encountered various challenges along the journey but it is the resolve and dedication of more than 135 crore people that we could overcome every challenge. Credit goes to our indigenous Research and Development and streamlined Production and Distribution of Vaccines. Amidst the environment of criticism and disbelief, the country gathered its spirits and worked against those who wanted to spread doubts and misinformation against indigenous vaccines and create vaccine hesitancy.”
Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of state for Health & Family Welfare added that, “The Government of India under the dynamic leadership of the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has taken significant steps to tackle COVID-19 pandemic. Developing indigenous vaccines was one of the major challenges. We achieved this by developing and manufacturing indigenous COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN in the shortest duration. Today, around 93% and 69.8% of the eligible population has been administered with first dose and second dose of COVID-19 Vaccine respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Devusinh Chauhan, Union Minister of State for Communications said, “I laud the efforts of the Department of Post for its initiative to release postal stamps on COVAXIN. It is a historic day for us all as India's vaccination drive completes 1 year today. I congratulate all the frontline workers for their hardwork" (PIB)
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