India's Covid vax rate falls 75% since Apr as US, UK ready for another shot

In recent weeks, over 70 per cent of India's current vaccinations have been adminis­tered to people in the age group of 45-60 years

Far fewer Indians are getting vaccinated than at the beginning of the financial year. In April, there were around 14,000 weekly vaccinations on average, according to data compiled from the CoWin portal. This number had dropped to around 3,500 by August. The latest data for the week ending September 1 shows only 1,282 vaccinations.
 

Countries like the US and the UK have sought to give vaccinations another push amid rising cases there. An Omicron offshoot called BA.2.86, popularly referred to as the Pirola variant of the coronavirus, has been detected in the US, Switzerland, South Africa, and the UK, among