India's billion Covid-19 vaccine doses milestone hides disparity: Report

India will soon have administered 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses, but the milestone masks a yawning gap between the number of people who have been fully inoculated and those that have had just one shot. 

While it is likely to hit the billion-doses mark this week, the country has only given two shots to 20% of its population of about 1.4 billion, according Bloomberg’s vaccine tracker. By comparison, 51% have had a single dose, making it one of the highest disparities in the world, the tracker shows. Neighboring China, the only nation to dish out more vaccine doses than India,