<span style="color: #222222;">The Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar today informed the Lok Sabha that a total of six lakh 41 thousand 252 vaccines doses have been administered to prisoners across the country. In a written reply, Dr. Pawar said out of that four lakh 29 thousand 209 are first dose and the rest are second doses.<br />''<br />''The minister said, the ministry is keeping a close watch over evolving Covid-19 scenario in the country. She said, as of February 9th, as reported by states/UTs, a total of five lakh five thousand two hundred seventy-nine deaths due to Covid-19 have been reported in the country.</span><br />