India prepares for massive immunisation drive

One of the largest COVID-19 immunisation drives in the world is about to be rolled out in India, where COVID-19 has infected over 10 million and claimed nearly 150,000 lives.

Health official and volunteers interact in India during the immunization drive preparations. Source: AAP

Highlights

• It comes as Zimbabwe imposes an immediate national lockdown, and the UK faces calls to do the same.
• The world's second most populous country, India, will roll out a mass vaccination program as early as next week, after the regulator approved two COVID-19 vaccines.
• One vaccine is developed by Oxford University and UK-based drugmaker AstraZeneca; the other is developed by the Indian company Bharat Biotech.

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