Lok Sabha Question No. 2867 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: Roll out of Second Dose of Vaccine
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi, S. Ramalingam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2867 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH MARCH, 2021

## ROLL OUT OF SECOND D OSE OF VACCINE

## 2867. SHRI A. GANESHAMURTH I: SHRI RAMALINGAM S.:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WE LFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has rolled out the second dose of vaccines against COVID - 19 across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the total  number  of  beneficiaries  who  have received  the  second  dose  as  on  date, State/UT - wise;
- (d) whether the roll out of the second dose vaccines against the COVID- 19 across the country was off to a slow start and only a meager number of healthcare workers received the second dose; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) to (c): The roll - out of COVID - 19 vaccination drive has begun from 16 th January 2021. All those  beneficiaries  who  have  completed  28  days  since  the  receipt  of  1 st dose  of  COVID - 19 vaccine are eligible for 2 nd dose. Till 8 th March 2021, a total of 37.61 lakh beneficiaries have received 2 nd dose of COVID - 19 vaccine. The State/UT - wise details are at Annexure.
- (d) & (e): The roll - out of the second dose of COVID - 19 vaccine has been satisfactory. As on 8 th March 2021, 66.67% of the eligible Health Care Workers hav e received 2 nd dose of COVID- 19 vaccine.

State/UT- wise number of beneficiaries of 2 nd dose of COVID- 19 vaccine

(As on 8 th March 2021)

| S. No.   | State/UT                  | No. of beneficiaries   |
|----------|---------------------------|------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 2,865                  |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            | 1,82,716               |
| 3        | ArunachalPradesh          | 9,457                  |
| 4        | Assam                     | 51,060                 |
| 5        | Bihar                     | 1,91,841               |
| 6        | Chandigarh                | 3,140                  |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              | 1,20,922               |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 938                    |
| 9        | Daman & Diu               | 787                    |
| 10       | Delhi                     | 65,135                 |
| 11       | Goa                       | 6,318                  |
| 12       | Gujarat                   | 3,44,594               |
| 13       | Haryana                   | 86,121                 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          | 45,758                 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 26,397                 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 | 64,047                 |
| 17       | Karnataka                 | 2,35,677               |
| 18       | Kerala                    | 1,85,422               |
| 19       | Ladakh                    | 2,135                  |
| 20       | Lakshadweep               | 832                    |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh            | 2,34,666               |
| 22       | Maharashtra               | 2,61,625               |
| 23       | Manipur                   | 5,027                  |
| 24       | Meghalaya                 | 4,048                  |
| 25       | Mizoram                   | 9,213                  |
| 26       | Nagaland                  | 6,043                  |
| 27       | Odisha                    | 1,98,600               |
| 28       | Puducherry                | 2,311                  |
| 29       | Punjab                    | 49,508                 |
| 30       | Rajasthan                 | 3,29,424               |
| 31       | Sikkim                    | 4,148                  |
| 32       | Tamil Nadu                | 97,917                 |
| 33       | Telangana                 | 1,31,942               |
| 34       | Tripura                   | 29,827                 |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh             | 4,11,044               |
| 36       | Uttarakhand               | 54,158                 |
| 37       | West Bengal               | 2,48,797               |
| 38       | Miscellaneous             | 56,647                 |
|          | India                     | 37,61,107              |