First Dose

Rajasthan's health department on October 23 announced that the Pratapgarh district has become the first district in the state to complete the vaccination among adults with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, state Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma congratulated the people and the ''tireless efforts of the medical team''. Reportedly, 6,55,869  eligible people have received the first dose so far against the target of 6,52,061.

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on September 26 said Madhya Pradesh has topped among states to administer the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to its people. Reportedly, 6.11 crore people have received the first dose of vaccine that is 86% of the eligible people. Besides, India has vaccinated about 60% of its adult population. ''He's become a Twitter master...His only work is to tweet, said Chouhan about former CM Kamal Nath.

The Deputy Commissioner of Jammu on September 20 announced that the COVID-19 vaccine's first dose will be necessary for every adult in Jammu if they want to enter into any government offices and other public places. However, the decision will come into effect from October 2 onwards. Furthermore, the commissioner allowed the opening of shops and businesses until 10 PM and now 50 people can gather in Benguet hall.

In connection to COVID vaccines, India has set a new benchmark by inoculating one crore vaccines every day for nearly a week to its citizens. Currently, the amount of vaccine India is administering every day "is more than the entire population of many countries." Meanwhile, PM Modi also praises Himachal Pradesh to become the first Indian state to administer the 'first dose' of the vaccine to all adults.