Overview
- The home minister said central and state governments and the public fought the pandemic together under the prime minister’s direction.
- He highlighted the use of digital systems to vaccinate 140 crore people and issue certificates nationwide.
- Shah said the government rapidly addressed the second-wave oxygen crunch by boosting cylinder supply and moving oxygen across the country.
- Citing NITI Aayog, coverage notes more than 220 crore doses of domestically developed vaccines were administered and supplies went to over 100 countries.
- The report referenced a range of vaccine platforms in India and added that nearly 250 indigenous diagnostic tests were approved, with Indian-made drugs exported globally.