while the country has been slow to approve vaccinations for kids, on monday the first day of its covid-19 rollout for children, more than 4 million kids between the ages of 15 and 18 received a shot. india s prime minister narendra modi took to twitter to praise the vaccination saying it is an important step to keep looking forward in protecting the youth against covid-19. nationwide, isa, about 90% of excuse me, india s adult population has received at least one dose of the covid vaccine. blake essex in tokyo for us. great to see you. now, prince andrew s legal team is preparing for a big day in court. h how newly released documents could impact the sex case agagainst him. that is next. it packs the power of a big blender on the e go, and it crushes right throrough ice. just drop in your favorite ingredients, even frozen fruit, and make a smoothie
it is going to no doubt have an impact on some patients and that will break the hearts of most health and social care staff who will absolutely be wanting to do everything but we just realistically cannot. patricia marcquis from the royal college of nursing. dozens of cases of the omicron variant have been identified in india. more than half of india s adult population is fully vaccinated, but there are warnings that the country is still at risk of being overwhelmed quickly if a third covid wave hits. our india correspondent yogita limaye reports. a warning yogita s report contains some distressing images. seven months since covid ripped through this country, these moments of relief now appear temporary. the virus s newest form has arrived in india. and this is where the early cases of omicron were found.
more than half of india s adult population is fully vaccinated, but that leaves hundreds of millions still at risk. our india correspondent yogita limaye has this report. seven months since covid ripped through this country, these moments of relief now appear temporary. the virus s newest form has arrived in india. and this is where the early cases of omicron were found. we ve been given rare access to india s leading genome sequencing facility. they are testing five times more samples since omicron appeared, as the government tries to contain it. here, they are isolating the virus. then it s fed to a machine. we are able to tell if the sample is having delta variant or omicron variant.