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India Coronavirus Dispatch: About 3 million people vaccinated in two weeks

India ranks near the bottom in a Covid performance index, Economic Survey lauds covid response, Novavax shot effective against UK strain, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

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A healthcare worker gets a Covid-19 vaccine at Sion Hospital, in Mumbai on Saturday.

Bharath Manjesh New Delhi
About 3 million people vaccinated in two weeks

Two weeks into the vaccination programme, India has vaccinated over 3 million frontline and healthcare workers against Covid-19, a report in The Quartz said. Since the start of the outbreak, the country has seen over 10 million coronavirus cases. The Centre aims to inoculate 30 million essential workers in the first phase of the rollout. However, the pace of the vaccination drive has been slow owing to vaccine hesitancy and technical glitches on the Co-Win digital platform being used to monitor the drive. India also aims to inoculate 300 million of its

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