India holds vaccine drills ahead of mass inoculation drive
12 January 2021 |
11:00 am
India stages nationwide drills to start one of the world's biggest coronavirus vaccination programmes as the drug regulator prepare to approve the first vaccine. In Bangalore, a participant of the dry drill says she has "no fear" getting the vaccine when it rolls out and says she will motivate others to get vaccinated. But some New Delhi residents still have mixed views about the vaccine programme.
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