India Coronavirus Dispatch: It could be June until vaccines hit the market

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It could be June until vaccines become available on the market

Even as India's mammoth vaccination rollout began today, it might be until June or July before Covid-19 vaccines become available on the market, according to a report in ThePrint.

A senior government functionary closely involved in the planning and roll-out of the vaccination programme told ThePrint based on their assessment that it would take another six months for the vaccines to become available to anyone apart from the central government. That seems to be a realistic estimate right now as 660 million doses are needed to vaccinate 300 million