India selects 300 million people for Covid vaccine

Bloomberg

India is identifying 300 million people who will receive the initial dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the Times of India newspaper reported on Saturday.
Priority will be given to workers in high-risk sectors such as police, healthcare, sanitation, elderly people and those with co-morbidities, the report said, citing officials it didn’t identify.
The shots, which will
include a booster dose,
are planned for the initial phase once a vaccine is approved for use, according to the report.
For a country of its size, a safe and quick vaccine delivery is a top priority for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration.
The nation’s broken healthcare system, already struggling to deliver adequate care before the outbreak, cannot cope with the strain of a prolonged pandemic.
The beneficiaries of vaccine in the first phase will receive an estimated 600 million doses and implementation plan aims to cover over 23% of the population, according to the report.
India added 62,212 new cases, taking the total infections in the country to 7.43 million as of October 17, government data shows.