Higher vaccine availability and a stronger vaccination drive are good things, but the virus is far from being tamed yet
The government has set a target of vaccinating five lakh people everyday and on Wednesday, a special vaccination drive will be carried out to vaccinate 10 lakh people.
On August 27, India administered more than 1 crore ( or 10 million) vaccine doses in a 24 hour period, creating a record of sorts. The CoWin portal shows that on that day, finally 1,08,99,699 doses were administered. Congratulatory messages flooded social media. But the reality is that it was a Herculean effort that could not be sustained. The very next day, a Saturday, the total doses administered was a still respectable but much lower 77,39,615, while by Sunday,…
