Next Wave The organized sector accounts for less than 20% of the workforce in the South Asian nation, underscoring the wide disparity in vaccine access.
India has administered at least one dose to only 25% of its 1.3 billion population, according to Bloomberg’s Vaccine Tracker.
While the private sector has been more efficient in procuring shots to speed up the nation’s inoculation drive, some states continue to struggle with sporadic vaccine shortages blunting India’s overall efforts to avert another virus wave.
India’s delta-driven second wave that overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums also showed the urgent need for boosting vaccinations that are known to significantly reduce hospitalization and deaths in Covid sufferers.