Apollo Hospitals administers one million vaccines in three weeks
The Group’s vaccination programme is on track to complete 20 million Jabs by September 2021
Hyderabad: Apollo Hospitals Group said it has crossed an important milestone by administering one million vaccines across 80 locations in India.
The Group prioritised frontline workers, high risk population and corporate employees across the country in this drive. As the largest vaccinator in the private sector, Apollo Hospitals said it will continue to support the Union and State governments in the fight against the pandemic.
Apollo Hospitals will further ramp up the immunisation programme in the days to come. The first million was clocked in just about three weeks, in June the Group is set to administer a million every week and double it in July. The Group’s vaccination programme is on track to complete 20 million Jabs by September 2021.
“We would like to thank the Union and State Governments and the vaccine manufacturers of Covishield and Covaxin for their support,” says Shobana Kamineni, executive vice-chairperson, Apollo Group of Hospitals.
“We believe that no one is safe till everyone is vaccinated,” she added. Sputnik, the third vaccine approved in India will be available through the Apollo system from the second week of June.
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