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India ready to start COVID-19 vaccinations by next week

A paramedic fills a syringe with a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before administering it to a health worker during its trials at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad
A paramedic fills a syringe with a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before administering it to a health worker during its trials at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad

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Indian health authorities are ready to roll out a COVID-19 vaccination programme by next week, the country’s top health official said on Tuesday, days after the drug regulator gave emergency approval to two vaccines.

The government would make the final decision on precisely when to start it, federal health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said.

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