India
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New Delhi, June 17: Over 17,000 people were vaccinated across six states on Day 2 of the nationwide coronavirus drive, pushing the number of beneficiaries to 2,24,301 so far, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
Addressing a press briefing, the ministry”s Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani said out of the 447 adverse events following immunisation, only three required hospitalisation.
“Today being Sunday, only six states conducted vaccination drive and in 553 sessions a total of 17,072 beneficiaries were vaccinated,” he said.
The six states where the vaccination drive was carried out on Sunday are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur and Tamil Nadu, he added.
Agnani said a total of 2,24,301 beneficiaries have been vaccinated till January 17 as per provisional reports, adding that 2,07,229 of them received the jabs on day one of the drive.