As the government tried to make up for the vaccine shortage, this was a significant increase from 79 million doses in May.

The Indian government said on Sunday that India will provide nearly 120 million doses of coronavirus vaccine for domestic use in June to boost its immunization campaign, which has been compromised by a shortage of jabs.

This is a significant increase compared to the 79.4 million doses provided in May. In the past eight weeks, the second wave caused more than 150,000 deaths. This is a disastrous second wave.

India has injected about 212 million doses, second only to China and the United States, but only injected the necessary two doses into about 3% of its 1.35 billion population.

The world’s second most populous country reported on Sunday that in the past 24 hours, the daily increase in new coronavirus infections was the lowest in 46 days, at 165553 cases, while the death toll increased by 3460.

The Ministry of Health said on Sunday that the total number of infections in South Asian countries is currently 27.9 million, and the death toll has reached 325,972.

Earlier this month, a senior government adviser said that between August and December this year, India may provide more than 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine, including vaccines from two domestic manufacturers.

Some states in India have reported severe vaccine shortages, forcing many regions, including the capital New Delhi, to again prioritize people over 45.

In June, the central government will provide 60.9 million doses of vaccine to states for vaccination for healthcare and front-line workers and people over 45 years old, while states and states will directly provide 58.6 million doses of vaccine. The release said that the private hospital.

Russia has recently begun to launch the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, as well as the AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serological Institute of India (SII) locally and the local company Bharat Biotech Covaxin.

Although the country is the world’s largest vaccine producer, it has been alleviating the problem of vaccine shortages.

The opposition accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Narendra Modi) of weakening its response to COVID-19, as shortages of hospital beds, oxygen, vaccines and medicines made international headlines.