India is home to the world’s largest vaccine makers and has one of the biggest immunization programs. But there is no playbook for the enormity of the current challenge.
The world’s largest vaccination programme will be-
gin at a total of 3,006 session
sites across all the States and
the Union Territories, which
will be connected virtually
throughout the exercise.
Nearly 100 beneficiaries
Indian authorities hope to give shots to 300 million people, roughly the population of the U.S and several times more than its existing program, which targets 26 million infants. The recipients include 30 million doctors, nurses and other front-line workers, to be followed by 270 million people who are either over 50 or have illnesses that make them vulnerable to COVID-19.
