COVID-19 Update. Can India and the USA achieve their vaccination targets?

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. The USA is trying to increase its vaccination rate after the Christmas-New Year break.

Health official and volunteers interact during a nationwide dry run of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in Delhi (AAP). Source: Sipa USA Naveen Sharma / SOPA Images/Sipa - AAP.

Zimbabwe imposes an immediate national lockdown, and the UK faces calls to do the same. Meanwhile, the Pope has been critical about some peoples’ priorities over the holiday period.

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