India administers its billionth COVID-19 jab

A health worker prepares to administer a COVID-19 dose inside a school in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. India is nearing a milestone of administering a total of one billion doses against COVID-19. (AP)

• Around three-quarters of adults in the country of 1.3 billion people has had one shot

NEW DELHI: India administered its billionth Covid-19 vaccine dose on Thursday, according to the health ministry, half a year after a devastating surge in cases brought the health system close to collapse.
According to the government, around three-quarters of adults in the country of 1.3 billion people has had one shot and around 30 percent are fully vaccinated.