coronavirus infections surge again. The federal government aims to inoculate all of the country's estimated 944 million adults by December, a target health experts have said is ambitious, as only 8% of that number is currently vaccinated with the mandatory two doses.
Several states have reported vaccine shortages, with many inoculation centres shut and people having to wait for long hours at others for their shot.
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