India to hit 2 billion Covid-19 vaccinations
New Delhi, 21 July: The Indian government’s COVID- 19 vaccinations hit 2 billion on Sunday, with booster doses underway for all adults, as diurnal infections hit a four-month high, official data showed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the vaccination milestone, celebrating the world’s largest and longest-running inoculation drive, which began last year.” India creates history again!” Modi said in a tweet.
The country of1.35 billion people have lifted most COVID-affiliated restrictions, and the foreign trip has recovered robustly. Some 80 of the inoculations have been the AstraZeneca(AZN.L) vaccine made domestically, called Covishield. Others include domestically developed Covaxin and Corbevax, and Russia’s SputnikV.
