India will have enough doses to inoculate all citizens by December, the head of the national task force on Covid-19 vaccines said on Thursday, giving hope of a final victory against a deadly virus to millions.
Between August and December, Niti Aayog member Dr Vinod Kumar Paul said, 216 crore vaccine doses would become available, which means that there would be surplus doses after every Indian is vaccinated.
Paul mentioned eight vaccines — a significant increase from the two currently in use — and the number of doses for each that are likely to be available in the country of 130 crore people in the five-month period ending December.