India’s vaccine programme grinds to halt in some states in deadly Covid second wave

India has seen yet another record number of deaths from Covid and it is set to rise for days to come.

Officially, more than 18 million people are infected, but the true scale is likely to be much higher.

With oxygen supplies still not reaching the people who need it most, the vaccination drive appears to have crumbled, with state after state saying that the plans to vaccinate the whole adult population cannot go ahead.