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India Vaccinates 381,305 People for Covid, Health Ministry Says

A staff member administers a Covishield vaccine at the Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, on Jan. 16. Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg
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India’s health ministry said the country had vaccinated 381,305 people against Covid-19 as the world’s second worst-affected nation wound up the third day of its immunization program.

More than 148,000 people received the vaccine on Monday, part of a complex plan to stem still rising infections across the nation of more than 1.3 billion people. So far 580 adverse events have been recorded, including seven hospitalizations, the health ministry said in a statement in New Delhi.