June 28, 2021
published at 2:08 AMReuters
Healthcare workers carry COVISHIELD vaccine, a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, to inoculate villagers during a door-to-door vaccination and testing drive at Uttar Batora Island in Howrah district in West Bengal state, India, June 21, 2021.
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NEW DELHI, June 27 - India s Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people on Sunday (June 27) to overcome their hesitancy and get Covid-19 vaccinations as soon as possible, as concerns grow about the highly infectious Delta variant being detected in some states.
After a fall in infections from May s daily peak of 400,000, India has redoubled its efforts to inoculate the country s 940 million adults amid supply constraints and fears of a third wave of pandemic.
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