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Modi announces vaccines for over 18s in bid to limit infections ravaging India

India faces spiralling numbers of Covid-19 infections

Multiple funeral pyres are seen of people who died of COVID-19 in New Delhi Source: Getty

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The country has been reporting more than 200,000 cases a day since the 15th of April.

For health and support measures currently in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in your language, visit sbs.com.au/coronavirus

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