India's coronavirus caseload of 30.91 million infections is the world's second-highest behind the United States. Modi called for vigilance against new variants of the virus and a faster campaign to get the population protected. "To combat the third wave, we have to keep speeding up the process of vaccination," Modi said. Last week, the government administered fewer than 4 million vaccine doses a day compared with a record 9.17 million on the day Modi launched the campaign. The government has previously dismissed experts who have raised suspicion that official death tolls were not an accurate reflection of fatalities but some now believe more stringent auditing may lead to more revisions of figures upwards.

Source: bd News24 July 13, 2021 10:30 UTC