AP PHOTOS: India's elderly leave isolation to get vaccinated

NEW DELHI — They wince but barely notice the prick of the needle.

India’s hospitals are scrambling to deliver the doses in the second phase of the country’s COVID-19 inoculation campaign.

More than 26 million people have gotten a shot, though only 4.72 million are fully vaccinated with both doses.

The pace has prompted concerns India could miss its vaccination targets. The effort is fraught with logistical challenges in a country with nearly 1.4 billion people, but the drive has added urgency since new infections have begun to increase again after months of consistent decline.

source: abcnews.go.com