While vaccine skepticism persists in some sections of the population, most health workers in Delhi think that the vaccination drive is a step in the right direction.

Nepal begin its COVID-19 vaccine drive from 120 centres across the country, after receiving a million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield from India. Around 430,000 frontline workers including health professionals, those deployed in dead body and garbage management will be immunised in the first phase. The Ministry of Health and Population plans to complete the first phase in 10 days.

Israel has led the world in its vaccination drive. As it moves forward, the country is also debating what to do with people who don't want to get the precious jab.

Moving a few meters back and forth, the short trip was a mobility test for the Perseverance rover. It comes just two weeks after touching down on the red planet.

Rights activists and medical experts have urged the government to take concrete actions to prevent underage marriages. Activists say poverty is one of the biggest push factors behind child marriage in Pakistan.

Months after the delivery of half a million Astrazeneca vaccines, Ivory Coast is still struggling to get people into vaccination centres after suspicion and unfounded rumours have fuelled fears about getting the jab. And around 150,000 Burundian refugees are staying at camps in Tanzania after fleeing the violent political unrest in their homeland that began in 2015. Dodoma is trying to send them back, but many fear the country remains unsafe. Finally, South African film “My Octopus Teacher” schools its rivals and is named “Best Documentary” at the Oscars.

France, with one of the highest infection rates in Europe, has been slow to vaccinate. Now large facilities to speed up the fight against the pandemic are bustling. DW visits a vaccination center at the Stade de France stadium north of Paris.

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Cars line up outside a shopping mall in India's capital New Delhi where a drive-thru clinic has been set-up to administer Covid-19 vaccines. Demand is far outstripping supplies for jabs in India, with only 3.5 percent of the population fully vaccinated. "We’re vaccinating a little more than we were about 10 days ago, two weeks ago. We’ve crossed three million per day," says Gautam Menon, professor of physics and biology at India’s Ashoka University.

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COVID case numbers in Pakistan are dropping as a nationwide vaccination drive gets underway. However, supply problems persist amid the looming threat of highly contagious variants.