On completion of one year of India’s vaccination drive, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday called it the “most successful in the world”. He also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching the campaign last year.

Taking to his official Twitter handle, Mandaviya said, “Today the world’s largest vaccination campaign completes one year. This campaign started under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi ji with ‘Sabke Prayas’ is the most successful vaccination campaign in the world today.”

“I congratulate all the health workers, scientists and countrymen,” he further tweeted in Hindi.

India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 156.76 crore. More than 66 lakh vaccine doses have been administered in the last 24 hours.

Mansukh Mandaviya also shared a graphical chart showing how India’s vaccination drive began and managed to administer more than 150 crore doses in a year’s time.

“Have a look at the journey of #1YearOfVaccineDrive, that gives glimpses of the nation’s collective fight against #COVID19 under the visionary and inspiring leadership of PM Narendra Modi Ji,” he tweeted.

The nationwide Covid-19 vaccination started on January 16, 2021. The new phase of universalization of Covid-19 vaccination commenced from June 21, 2021.

The vaccination drive has been ramped up through the availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.

Meanwhile, India reported 2,71,202 new Covid-19 cases, 314 deaths and 1,38,331 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.