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Apollo Hospitals preparing to administer 1 million vaccine shots daily

Companies vying to roll out those vaccines, along with public health experts, have raised concerns about India's capacity to swiftly inoculate its population of about 1.3 billion people

Coronavirus, vaccine, covid, drugs, clinical trials
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Apollo Hospitals has held talks with the Serum, the world’s largest vaccine maker which has already produced millions of doses of AstraZeneca shot.

Chris Kay | Bloomberg
India’s largest hospital chain says it’s ready to administer one million coronavirus vaccine doses a day, but the government has not made clear how vaccines will be distributed and whether private health-care networks will be involved.
 
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. has so far trained 6,000 staff to give out jabs across its network of 71 hospitals, hundreds of clinics and thousands of pharmacies, according to Managing Director Suneeta Reddy, who said the company’s talks with officials in New Delhi had yet to provide any firm guidance.
 
“We need to know if the government wants to handle the whole thing or

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