Thirty Indian students were vaccinated with a syringe.
A health official is being investigated for vaccinating 30 schoolchildren with a single syringe in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
The incident took place at a school in Sagar district where children were being given vaccines against COVID-19.
India’s Ministry of Health mandates a “one needle, one syringe, only once” protocol for coronavirus vaccines.
India has administered over 2.03 billion vaccines so far. Disposable syringes are widely used in India to avoid the spread of deadly diseases like HIV.
However, there have been numerous incidents in the past where a single syringe has been reused in hospitals due to a lack of equipment.
Parents who had accompanied their children noticed the matter and reported it to the school authorities.
India is the second country after China to cross the two billion vaccine mark against the virus.
According to India’s health ministry, 98 percent of adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 90 percent are fully vaccinated.
On Wednesday, the country reported 18,313 daily cases for the past 24 hours and 57 deaths related to the coronavirus.
