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India strengthening existing cold chain system for covid vaccination

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Covid-19 vaccine by March 2021, but it faces a steep challenge: cold chain and distribution infrastructure.The nation with the world’s second-highest infections plans to use the existing cold chain network in place for its Universal Immunization Program, said Rajesh Bhushan, secretary to India’s federal health ministry, in an email interview.

But that infrastructure is geared to only immunize children and pregnant women -- vaccinating India’s 1.3 billion people will require its capacities to be significantly scaled up, experts say.“The entire existing cold chain capacity is inadequate for existing vaccination programs," said T.

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