A truck carrying boxes of Covishield vaccine arrives at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday (Jan 12, 2021). - AFP
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU, Jan 12 (Reuters): Indian airlines started delivering batches of Covid-19 vaccines nationwide on Tuesday, preparing for the launch of a campaign to offer shots to 1.3 billion people, in what officials call the world's biggest vaccination drive.
Vaccinations are set to begin on Saturday in an effort that authorities hope will see 300 million high-risk people inoculated over the next six to eight months.
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