India administers billionth Covid-19 vaccine dose - in pictures

  • India administered its billionth Covid-19 vaccine dose on October 21, according to the health ministry, half a year after a devastating surge in cases brought the health system close to collapse. Prakash Singh / AFP
    India administered its billionth Covid-19 vaccine dose on October 21, according to the health ministry, half a year after a devastating surge in cases brought the health system close to collapse. Prakash Singh / AFP
  • A health worker prepares to administer a Covishield vaccine in Chennai. Arun Sankar / AFP
    A health worker prepares to administer a Covishield vaccine in Chennai. Arun Sankar / AFP
  • A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine in New Delhi. Prakash Singh / AFP
    A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine in New Delhi. Prakash Singh / AFP
  • A health worker, left, registers a man for a dose of the Covaxin vaccine in New Delhi. Prakash Singh / AFP
    A health worker, left, registers a man for a dose of the Covaxin vaccine in New Delhi. Prakash Singh / AFP
  • A health worker inoculates a man with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine in New Delhi. Prakash Singh/ AFP
    A health worker inoculates a man with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine in New Delhi. Prakash Singh/ AFP
  • Volunteers decorate a vaccination centre to celebrate India administering its billionth Covid-19 vaccine. Prakash Singh / AFP
    Volunteers decorate a vaccination centre to celebrate India administering its billionth Covid-19 vaccine. Prakash Singh / AFP