Government releases official stats, says reinfection rate very low
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Send More than 21,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 after taking the first dose of either Covishield or Covaxin, while over 5,500 contracted the infection after taking the second dose, the Centre said on Wednesday.
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New Delhi:
Addressing a press conference, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said 0.04 per cent of 17,37,178 individuals, who received the second dose of Covaxin, were positive for COVID-19, while 0.03 per cent of 1,57,32,754 people, who took the second dose of Covishield, contracted the infection.Bhargava who presented the data said vaccines reduce the risk of infection and prevent death and severe infection. âAfter vaccination if one gets infection then it is known as breakthrough infection,â he said.
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