How India s Covid-19 vaccination drive will cover 300 million people CNN 12/19/2020 By Vedika Sud and Nectar Gan, CNN © SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/AFP via Getty Images A man walks past a mural of frontline workers after the government eased a nationwide coronavirus lockdown in New Delhi on July 14.
With a Covid-19 caseload that s surpassed 10 million people, India is the world s second worst-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic, trailing only the United States.
But it is aiming to lift itself out of the crisis in the coming months with a massive vaccination drive covering in its first phase almost as many people as the entire US population.
India plans to vaccinate 300 people million against Covid-19 That s almost the size of the US population
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Ethical challenges of vaccinating people with comorbidities
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Each comorbidity increases vulnerability, but in case of vaccine shortage, multimorbidity should be given first preference
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Priority for males? Males are at higher risk, but prioritising males with comorbidities over females will result in worsening gender inequities.
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Each comorbidity increases vulnerability, but in case of vaccine shortage, multimorbidity should be given first preference
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The operational guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination issued recently by the union health ministry has once again identified the four high-risk groups healthcare workers, frontline workers, persons over 50 years of age, and persons younger than 50 years with comorbidities that would receive COVID vaccine on p