India’s Serum Institute will increase production of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine by nearly 40 per cent in June, officials said on Monday, in a step toward alleviating a shortage that has worsened the country’s battle with the illness.

The world’s second most-populous nation has struggled with a catastrophic outbreak of COVID-19 since last month, which is only now starting to abate after killing tens of thousands of people.

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