Thread by @vrsrini

#Vaccination reality check: Yesterday marked the highest number of jabs in a single day in India. thehindu.com/news/national/… But as this shows, the peak seems artificial: scroll.in/article/998156…. Remains to be seen if supply constraints have been eased to maintain this pace. (1/n)

The pace of vaccination has definitely picked up but there are miles to go before targets are reached. Here is what, that remains to be done. (2/n) @the_hindu #Datapoint by @i_sumantsen and @nihalani_jasmin

Here's where we stand in terms of the estimated % of population that has been vaccinated so far, countrywide, and age-group wise. Only 3.7% of all Indians have been fully vaccinated & 17.2% have got atleast 1 dose (3/n) (See this tracker live on thehindu.com)

Here's how we compare with other countries on the vaccination front (atleast 1 dose) Data is live here: ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinat… .. India needs to do much more to reach levels set by other comparable countries. (4/n)

Here's a live tracker on the state of vaccination across States and age groups in India: thehindu.com/coronavirus/ States like #UP, #Bihar and #TN need to pull up their socks to increase the pace of jabs (5/n)

My colleague @VigneshJourno found that supply constraints had slowed the pace of vaccination with utilisation peaking in several States & besides not all States received the vaccines as per their requirements. This was as of June 9, 2021: thehindu.com/news/national/… (6/n)

#India must ramp up vaccination levels by easing distribution, enhancing supply after the disaster wrought by the second wave. The reason for this imperative: mutations. Here's an explainer of the "Delta plus" variant: thehindu.com/sci-tech/healt… (7/n)

Lastly, despite the changed policy in procurement (to be handled only by the Union govt now), there remain concerns about pricing & other issues which need clarity. @sujakrao in @the_hindu today: thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/… (n/n)