NEW DELHI, India — India’s mammoth push to beat its raging COVID-19 surge with vaccinations looks troubled, with its vast inoculation program plagued by shortages, confusion, and political squabbles. “The queues here are so colossal,” said Jayanti Vasant as he waited at a busy vaccination centre in Bangalore. “The people are just fighting amongst themselves.”StocksSo far around 150 million shots have been administered, equating to 11.5 percent of the population of 1.3 billion people. According to the government, Indian states have stocks of more than 10 million shots and a further eight million will be made available in the coming days. This could include concentrating vaccinations in hotspots — some 75 percent of cases are in nine out of India’s 36 regions — and higher-risk population groups.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 29, 2021 11:21 UTC