In four days, though, the government made a complete U-turn and said that it was going to make sure all priority groups receive the vaccine. India has set itself a target of vaccinating 300 million people, including healthcare and frontline workers, by August.

Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India, relative to population.
Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India, relative to population.
Image: Our World In Data

But thus far, it has not made its vaccine procurement public, barring the lots of Covishield and Covaxin that it has purchased in the past three months. In January, the government bought roughly 15 million doses of the two vaccines, a majority of which were Covishield. In March, it bought 100 million shots of Covishield and 20 million doses of Covaxin.

To inoculate 300 million people, India would need 600 million doses of any of the two-dose Covid-19 vaccines.

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