Thread by @jamewils

Covid-19 vaccination drive moves at a slow pace in populous states.

This @htTweets article quotes me on vaccination data

hindustantimes.com/india-news/vac…

“This data shows the enormous task ahead for us is to completely vaccinate 97% of the remaining population. We still need 2.4 billion doses to vaccinate the unvaccinated,” said Jamesh Wilson, a Kerala-based independent researcher, who juxtaposed the vaccination data.

@MoHFW_INDIA data showed that progress of vaccination was abysmally low in Bihar, UP and Madhya Pradesh, which account for 32.2% of India’s population.

These States combined have so far vaccinated only 1.51% of their population with both doses. Only 5.91% people got single jab.

Another 5 states - Jharkhand, Punjab, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Telangana --- having 16% of the country’s population of India having given both doses to 2.32% of population and a single dose to 8.4% of population.

“If we take the above mentioned 8 states together, they represent 48.2% of India’s population and only 1.78% of their population has got both doses. Less than 10% of the population has got a single dose,” Wilson said.

You can see the map showing progress of vaccinations prepared by me here