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India’s COVID-19 vaccination program has been launched. It currently uses the vaccines Covishield and Covaxin. There are some issues and challenges that need to be overcome in order to vaccinate all Indians.
COVID-19 Vaccination in India: Issues and Challenges Indian COVID-19 Vaccination Program Indias COVID-19 vaccination program was launched on Saturday 16 January 2021. As of 21 January 2021, India had vaccinated nearly 1 million healthcare workers across 27 States and Union Territories in the first phase of the worlds largest COVID-19 vaccination program. On the same day, Indias caseload was 10.6 million with 15,223 new infections and 10.2 million recovered cases. This is equivalent to an overall national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.75 percent. At the same time point, the death toll in ...