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India’s COVID-19 inoculation drive will be one of the biggest and fastest in the world. Here’s how they are doing it
India has started what authorities claim is the world’s fastest and largest inoculation drive, with 191,000 healthcare workers receiving a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday.
The Government’s first phase of an ambitious vaccination program will target 30 million people, starting with healthcare and frontline workers before it is expanded to people aged above 50 and those suffering from comorbidities.
Authorities have set up an initial 3,000 vaccination points across India, each to provide doses to 100 people a day.
By August, India aims to have inoculated 300 million people.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the vaccine rollout in a televised address, stating the world was “looking at India with hope”.
“Such a vaccination…
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