It became possible only because vaccine manufacturers, the Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech, were able to ensure uninterrupted vaccine availability even if supply was limited in the beginning. That this exercise involving thousands of health-care workers and others was carried out even while in the midst of a huge number of daily cases in April-May during the second wave makes it even more remarkable. Unlike the established universal immunisation programme, for infants and children, India has never undertaken any massive universal adult vaccination programme. What is even more outstanding is the targeting of adults. India scripted history on Thursday with its COVID-19 vaccine doses administered crossing the one-billion mark - accomplished in just about nine months after the vaccination programme rollout on January 16.
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