India okays 2 vaccines, paving way for massive inoculation drive

NEW DELHI • India's drug regulator yesterday gave final approval for the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and the other by local company Bharat Biotech and a state-run institute, paving the way for one of the world's biggest inoculation drives. The decisions mark the first vaccine approvals for the world's second-most populous country, which, after the United States, has recorded the most infections of the coronavirus disease. It is now expected to start a massive immunisation programme within about a week, a government official said, and hopes to inoculate 300 million of its 1.35...