Despite being the world's biggest producer of vaccines, the country is suffering an internal shortage and has placed a temporary hold on all exports of AstraZeneca to meet domestic demand. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked people not to queue up for injections as the Indian capital had not yet received doses. We appeal to you not to crowd vaccine centres in the next few days," Kejriwal said. Experts believe India should ramp up vaccination in areas of high transmission and in five states where elections are being held. Bhramar Mukherjee, a biostatistician at the University of Michigan, told the BBC the country needed to administer 10 million shots daily "instead of being complacent with three million".

Source: The Star May 01, 2021 08:48 UTC