{"id":6669,"date":"2021-06-21T11:21:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T11:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=6669"},"modified":"2021-06-21T11:21:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T11:21:39","slug":"india-starts-inoculating-all-adults-with-free-covid-19-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=6669&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"India starts inoculating all adults with free COVID-19 shots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BENGALURU<\/strong>: India on Monday began a nationwide campaign of free COVID-19 shots for all adults after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had caused acute shortages and intensified a deadly second wave that killed hundreds of thousands in April and May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reversed a policy under which states made their own purchases from drug makers and along with private hospitals were administering doses to people aged 18-45.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as most states shut down vaccination centres for the younger population citing shortages, a majority turned to private hospitals that charged between $9-$24 a dose and supply gaps widened between urban and rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/images-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6670\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/images-4-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?attachment_id=6670\" class=\"wp-image-6670\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The country is using domestically made doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and Indian company Bharat Biotech`s Covaxin. The Indian government is attempting to secure foreign vaccines such as Pfizer and has waived strict rules to allow quicker imports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts have warned of a potential third wave as only about 5% of all 950 million eligible people are fully inoculated with two doses even as daily infections have fallen this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last 24 hours, India reported 53,256 infections, the lowest since March 24. Infections hit a peak of about 400,000 a day in May and deaths soared to around 170,000 in April-May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as most cities have begun lifting lockdown curbs, experts have cautioned that a swift reopening could complicate a vaccination programme that needs to be at least four times faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India`s daily vaccinations hit a peak of 4.5 million shots on April 5 but have since fallen sharply. In the last 30 days, India has been administering an average of 2.7 million doses a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the western state of Maharashtra, hardest hit by the second wave, authorities said older age groups between 30-45 would be a priority as supplies were scarce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have enough stock that will hopefully last us for the next three to four days but have no visibility on stock supplies after that,\u201d Santosh Revankar, a senior health official in Mumbai`s civic body, told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state has allowed some businesses to resume and partially lifted curbs on public transport while retaining weekend curfews in some cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News. 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