10 million health workers, first group in India to get COVID-19 vaccine.

Not less than 10 million frontline health care workers will be the first people to
receive vaccination against the COVID-19
pandemic once the vaccine is available, local newspaper Indian Express said on Tuesday.

The newspaper quoting its sources said
vaccination group of approximately 10
million health workers has been identified.

“We have moved into an advanced stage
of building a database for the first priority
group frontline health care workers.

The health care workers will receive the
first dose during the immunisation drive,
if and when a particular vaccine is cleared
by the Indian regulator for commercial use,” the newspaper quoted its sources in the expert group on vaccine administration as saying.

“We have received a substantial response
from the states, 92 per cent of all government hospitals across all states have provided data.

“Around 56 per cent of private sector
hospitals have provided data,” the source
said.

The development of the COVID-19 vaccine is still in progress.

India’s Federal Health Minister, Harshi Vardhan, last month said COVID-19 vaccines would likely be available in India by early next year.

On Tuesday federal health ministry said the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India has increased to 9,177,840 and the death toll to 134,218.

Globally, India is the second worst-hit country by the COVID-19 pandemic.