Prognosis
India Races to Vaccinate All Adults After Hitting 1 Billion Doses
- Wide disparity remains between fully and semi-vaccinated
- India aims to fully vaccinate its adult population by end-2021
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India has given out 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines, a key milestone in an inoculation campaign that still faces significant challenges.
The nation hit the landmark number of doses as of Thursday, according to government data from India’s CoWin app, which means about 30% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated, while roughly more than two-thirds have had one dose. Like most of the world, India has yet to launch a childhood immunization drive that would cover about 40% of its 1.4 billion people, meaning only 21% of the total population has received two shots, according to Bloomeberg’s vaccine tracker.