India raises COVID jab production amid sharp dip in cases

Modi calls vaccination 'best hope,' aiming to inoculate all adults by year-end

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Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan holds a dose of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, called Covaxin in New Delhi on Jan. 16. © Reuters

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- With an ambitious goal to inoculate its entire adult population of more than 940 million by the end of the year, India is focusing on stepping up vaccine production even as a deadly second wave of COVID-19 has abated in recent weeks.

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