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India COVID-19 outbreak: All adults now eligible for vaccine amid deadly surge in cases

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NEW DELHI (AP) - In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to all adults Saturday, launching a huge inoculation effort that was sure to tax the limits of the federal government, the country's vaccine factories and the patience of its 1.4 billion people.The world's largest maker of vaccines was still short of critical supplies — the result of lagging manufacturing and raw material shortages that delayed the rollout in several states.

And even in places where the shots were in stock, the country’s wide economic disparities made access to the vaccine inconsistent.The country's ambitious effort was also partly overshadowed Saturday by a fire in a COVID-19 ward in western India that killed 18.

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