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India Accelerates Vaccination Drive as Second Covid Wave Grows
- Government opens inoculations to everyone over 45 years old
- India has been accused of holding back vaccine exports
Healthcare workers administer a vaccine for coronavirus at Sanjeevan Hospital in Daryaganj, New Delhi.
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India’s government opened up one of the world’s biggest coronavirus immunization campaigns to everyone over the age of 45 as the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people grapples with a resurgence of infections amid tensions over delayed vaccine supplies to other countries.
Anyone above that age can receive their jabs across government and private hospitals starting from April 1, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. So far, 48.5 million people have been injected including frontline and medical workers, those over the age of 65 and those at risk who are 45 years or older, he said.