Published June 30, 2021, 6:38 AM NEW DELHI, India – India authorized the emergency use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday as it seeks to ramp up inoculations in the wake of a record-breaking surge in infections and deaths. A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus inside the premises of the Golden Temple in Amritsar on June 29, 2021. NARINDER NANU / AFP The vast nation of 1.3 billion people was hit by a massive spike in coronavirus cases in April and May that pushed the healthcare system to breaking point. Moderna’s shot is the fourth to be approved by New Delhi after Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield and Covaxin — which was developed by Indian firm Bharat Biotech — and Russia’s Sputnik V.