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India orders several hundred million Covid-19 vaccine doses
20 Jul 2021, 14:28 GMT+10
NEW DELHI, India: India heeded prompt warnings about a shortage of vaccines by health specialists and state authorities by placing orders for 660 million doses to be delivered during the latter part of 2021.
The order is believed to be the country s largest procured quantity, in a bid to protect millions of people in the event of a spike in COVID-19 cases.
The national government is seeking to vaccinate some 944 million people from India s adult group by December 2021, which health specialists believe to be a zealous target, noting that only eight percent of that figure has received both doses of the Covid vaccine.
Indian government places order for 660 million Covid vaccine doses
Robert Besser
20 Jul 2021, 14:28 GMT+10
India heeded prompt warnings about a shortage of vaccines by health specialists and state authorities by placing orders for 660 million doses to be delivered during the latter part of 2021
The order is believed to be the country s largest procured quantity, in a bid to protect millions of people in the event of a spike in COVID-19 cases
The national government is seeking to vaccinate some 944 million people from India s adult group by December 2021
NEW DELHI, India: India heeded prompt warnings about a shortage of vaccines by health specialists and state authorities by placing orders for 660 million doses to be delivered during the latter part of 2021.