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All adults in India can get vaccines starting May 1, but the shots may not be widely accessible.
India s government allows vaccine manufacturers to charge fees at private hospitals.
The cost could amount to $10 to $32 per vaccine well above India s average daily income.
The Indian government announced last week that all adults will be eligible to receive coronavirus vaccines starting May 1. But there s a catch: The shots won t be free everywhere.
Healthcare workers, frontline workers, and Indians older than 45 can already get their shots through government vaccination centers at no cost. But under the nation s plan, the rest of India s adult population could be charged a fee at those same locations. Most Indian states have promised to waive costs for all adults at the sites, but that s not the case at private hospitals, which will continue to charge for vaccines. India s government has also given vaccine ma
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New US cases of the coronavirus continued to inch a bit higher this week, while deaths attributed to the virus continued to fall. New Covid infections during the week ending April 17th were 2.2% higher than during the week ending April 10th, and up 26.5% from the 7 days ending March 16th (a six month low), but still down 72.6% from the early January peak. US Covid deaths were down 2.5% from the prior week, and down 78.7%
Several states have seen an uptick in cases even as millions of Americans are vaccinated each day, which can be attributed in part to the lifting of restrictions on masks and businesses, and general pandemic fatigue more than a year after the virus began to spread widely. More contagious variants are spreading throughout the country, and experts warn that new variants could pop up until the country reaches a greater degree of immunity.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week. While many health experts praised it as the right move, an extended pause could drive up vaccine hesitancy, posing yet another challenge for Biden.
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A pause in administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is dealing a blow to U.S. vaccination efforts that have largely been speeding along.