India starts world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive
By Staff | Jan 17, 2021
A health worker is being administered COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
NEW DELHI (AP) India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway.
India is home to the world’s largest vaccine makers and has one of the biggest immunization programs. But there is no playbook for the enormity of the current challenge.
India kicks off world s largest Covid vaccination drive
NEW DELHI, January 16, 2021 India on Saturday kicked off the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination campaign, which saw over 1.6 lakh people receiving the first shots of made-in-India vaccines on the first day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the vaccination drive and asserted that the made-in-India vaccines being rolled out will ensure a decisive victory for the country over the coronavirus pandemic. India is home to the world’s largest vaccine makers and has one of the biggest immunization programs. In this campaign, Indian authorities hope to give shots to 300 million people, roughly the population of the US and several times more than its existing program, which targets 26 million infants.
NEW DELHI (AP) — India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is
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India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway.