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New Delhi, Sep 18 (EFE/EPA).- India administered over 25 million vaccines against Covid-19 on Friday, a new record achieved through a special campaign to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modis 71st birthday. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF VACCINATIONS IN INDIA.
New Delhi residents receive a Covid-19 vaccine dose in a vaccination centre as India administered its billionth jab on Thursday, half a year after a devastating surge in cases brought the health system close to collapse. IMAGES
Srinagar, May 4 (EFE/EPA).- After battling needle-phobia and ignoring many vaccination myths, a fearful Shumaila Firdous sat in a chair with Islamic devotional songs blaring on her headphones.She squeezed her eyes tight as a nurse came with a cotton swab and a 0.5 ml AD syringe at a community hall-turned-immunization center in Kashmir as India reels under a devastating second wave of the coronavirus.India on Tuesday surpassed 20 million coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, registering 357,229 new cases in the last 24 hours, while a virulent second wave has strained the country's healthcare system.The South Asian country also reported 3,449 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 222,408, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, while experts believe that the actual figures could be significantly higher. (Camera: FAROOQ KHAN).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF SRINAGAR IN INDIAN KASHMIR DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN.
Two million doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 arrive in Rio de Janeiro, after they were brought from India via Sao Paulo. IMAGES
Phnom Penh, Sep 17 (EFE/EPA).- Cambodia launched Friday a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign for all young people aged 6 to 12, starting in Phnom Penh after a spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. Cambodia has so far recorded a total of 102,136 COVID-19 cases and 2,078 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: KITH SEREY).SHOT LIST: YOUNG CAMBODIANS RECEIVE A SHOT OF COVID-19 VACCINE IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA.