National Post (National Edition)

1M INOCULATED AS INDIA TOUTS VACCINE CAMPAIGN

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NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that India was self-reliant on vaccine supplies as it inoculated more than one million people within a week of starting its campaign.

The country used two shots made locally: one licensed from Oxford University and AstraZenec­a, and another developed at home by Bharat Biotech and the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research.

Modi said on a video call that “on the world's biggest need today, we are completely self-reliant.” India has reported 10.63 million cases — the highest after the U.S. — with 153,032 deaths.

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