India hits 1B vaccine doses, worries about gap between shots

By KRUTIKA PATHI
Associated Press

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has administered 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines, a milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fueled a crushing surge earlier this year. About 75% of India’s total eligible adult population has received at least one dose, while around 30% is fully immunized. Coronavirus cases have fallen sharply since the devastating months earlier this year when the delta variant, first detected in India a year ago, was infecting hundreds of thousands daily. Officials have bolstered the vaccination campaign in recent months, which experts say has helped control the outbreak since. But they remain worried about the gap between people who are fully immunized and those who have only had only one dose.