1Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility, Asian Development Bank, New Delhi, India
2School of Pharmaceutical and Populations Health Informatics, DIT University, Uttarakhand, India
3Global Development Network, New Delhi, India
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Authors’ Contributions
Conceptualization: KS, AV; Methodology: AV; Data curation: AV, ML; Writing-original draft: KS, AV, ML; Writing-review & editing: KS, AV, ML.
Phase | Commencement date | Priority group | Eligible population (million) | % of total population | No. of doses required (million)a) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1a | January 16, 2021 | Health care workers | 10 | 0.73 | 20.0 |
1b | February 2, 2021 | Frontline workers | 20 | 1.46 | 40.0 |
2a | March 1, 2021 | Senior citizens (≥60 years) & those above 45 years with defined comorbidities | 138 | 10.07 | 276.1 |
2b | April 1, 2021b) | Population 45–59 years of age | 209 | 15.27 | 418.6 |
3 | May 1, 2021 | Population 18–44 years of age | 597 | 43.57 | 1,194.7 |
4a | January 3, 2022 | Population 15–18 years of age | 74 | 5.41 | 148.2 |
Total | 1,018.81c) | 74.32 | 2,037.6 | ||
4b | January 10, 2022 | Health care workers and frontline workers | 28d) | 28.77 | |
Senior citizens (≥60 years) | 137 | 137.9 | |||
5 | March 16, 2022 | Population 12–14 years of age | 46 | 3.39 | 92.8 |
Total Doses Required | 77.71 | 2,297.1 |
a) Assuming a 2-dose regime (wastage not factored in).
b) Population aged 45–59 years with comorbidities were made eligible for vaccine access on March 1, 2021 along with the priority group of senior citizens (60 years and above) followed by extension of vaccine access to all citizens aged 45 years and above from April 1, 2021.
c) Population aged 15 and above, 76.51% of total population of 1,371 million. Health care and frontline workers are included in their respective age category.
d) As of December 26, 2021, some health care and frontline workers are still receiving their first doses, and 8.387 received first doses in December 2021.