India says will have 120 million vaccine doses for local use in June, South Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

MUMBAI (REUTERS) – India will have nearly 120 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines available for domestic use in June, the government said on Sunday (May 30). This marks a significant jump from the 79.4 million doses that were available in May. India has administered about 212 million doses, the most after China and the United States, but has given the necessary two doses to only about 3 per cent of its 1.35 billion people. India on Sunday reported its lowest daily rise in new coronavirus infections in 46 days at 165,553 cases during the previous 24 hours, while deaths rose…