14 May 2021

Vaccinated doctors becoming infected again in India

From Morning Report, 6:41 am on 14 May 2021

In India, fully-vaccinated doctors are becoming infected again - causing concerns about the Covid-19 variant's strength.

The country's Covid-19 death toll crossed quarter of a million this week, and experts say the worst could still be to come.

However officials say the situation in the city of Delhi is improving, with oxygen from hospitals able to be sent to other states.

State governments in India are trying to buy coronavirus vaccines worth billions of dollars on the international market, as locally made supplies run short.

Corin Dann spoke to Mumbai-based independent journalist Priti Gupta.