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India begins administering COVID-19 vaccines for children between the ages of 15 and 18 years using the domestically produced Covaxin vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech.
2022-01-3

Malta reports its first case of the "Delta" B.1.617.2 variant, which was originally discovered in India.
2021-06-4

India reports more than 8,800 cases of the deadly "black fungus" in a growing epidemic of the disease. The normally rare infection has a mortality rate of 50% and is believed to occur 12 to 18 days after recovery from COVID-19. Following the increase in the number of cases, India's states and territories are told to declare the disease as an epidemic.
2021-05-23

Louisiana reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first discovered in India.
2021-05-21

India reports a record 4,329 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 278,719.
2021-05-18

India reports 349,691 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is a world record for the fourth consecutive day, thereby bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 16.9 million. The country also reports a record 2,767 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 192,311.
2021-04-25

Alberta reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant that fuelled surge in India in a returning inter-provincial traveler.
2021-04-22

The Indian government announces that people can choose their COVID-19 vaccination centres when the vaccination campaign expands next week. This will allow people to choose whether they want to receive the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine or the Bharat Biotech vaccine.
2021-02-26

Sri Lanka receives 500,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine from India.
2021-02-25

India's cases top five million to become the second country in the world after the United States to record that many cases.
2020-09-16