India pledges to distribute more COVID-19 vaccines as states extend lockdowns

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Some Indian states said on Sunday they would extend COVID-19 lockdowns to help contain the pandemic, which has killed more than 270,000 people in ...

Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the rate of positive cases compared with overall tests carried out had come down to 10 per cent from as high as 30 per cent earlier this month.

The southern state of Kerala, which has previously announced a lockdown extension, also introduced stricter restrictions in some districts on Saturday. Even though India is the world's largest vaccine-producing nation, only 141.6 million people have received at least one vaccine dose, or roughly 10 per cent of its population of 1.35 billion, according to health ministry data.CYCLONE ADVANCES

 

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