Day 1 of vaccination today

300,000

Recipients across country to be administered shots on Day 1

3,006

Vaccine centres operational across country

8,100 recipients

ONE CENTRE, ONE VACCINE TYPE

Each centre will only administer shots of either of the two vaccines approved:

Covishield: The Oxford-astrazeneca shot manufactured by Serum Institute of India

Covaxin: Developed by Bharat Biotech Ltd

ONE OF WORLD’S LARGEST

If all goes as planned, India will become only the third country to be able to vaccinate more than 300,000 people a day after United States and China