: India needs to pick up the pace if it wants to immunise 30 crore citizens against Covid-19 by August #IndiaNEWS India’s Covid-19 story is panning out in two directions currently. The number of active

India needs to pick up the pace if it wants to immunise 30 crore citizens against Covid-19 by August #IndiaNEWS
India’s Covid-19 story is panning out in two directions currently. The number of active and daily new cases are trending downwards, and the vaccines administered are charting upwards.As of January 31, the country has inoculated more than 37 lakh frontline and healthcare workers against the novel coronavirus. India has seen more than 1 crore Covid-19 cases and 1,54,274 people have died due to the infection.The government has identified 3 crore essential workers to vaccinate in the first phase, but the drive has been slow to pick up because of vaccine hesitancy and technical glitches. It also plans to vaccinate a total of 30 crore Indians by August, focusing on vulnerable groups of people aged over 50, and those with comorbidities.For that to happen, India will need to pick up pace in the coming days and weeks. The first aspect that needs urgent attention is vaccine hesitancy, which the government could overcome with more transparency over the vaccines.More information about Covishield and CovaxinIndia had approved two vaccines – Serum Institute of India’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin – on January 3 for emergency use in the country. At the virtual World Economic Forum, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday (January 28) that in the future, there will be many more made-in-India vaccines.Of the two vaccines currently...Read more

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