India surpasses 1bn vaccine mark after stuttering start to campaign - Financial Times ft.com/content/b51a4d…
About 22 per cent of Indians are fully inoculated and 53 per cent have received at least one vaccine dose — a significant level of protection for a population that was heavily exposed to the virus.
Members of the ruling BJP called India’s vaccine rollout an achievement that had surpassed all other democracies in the world and hailed the leadership of Modi, who came under fire earlier in the year for his management of the pandemic.
Covishield, the Serum Institute’s version of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, has accounted for about 88 per cent of all the administered jabs in India. Covaxin, an indigenous vaccine that has not been approved by the WHO, represents 11 per cent of the total.
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