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Comorbidity, Not Age, Should Be Criteria To Vaccinate People: Experts
Health experts said that a large number of the below-45 population suffer from various comorbidity conditions and are more vulnerable to Covid-19 than those who are at or above 45. PTI Jeevan Prakash Sharma 2021-04-07T11:08:58+05:30 Comorbidity, Not Age, Should Be Criteria To Vaccinate People: Experts outlookindia.com 2021-04-07T11:14:08+05:30
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Health experts have criticised the ongoing vaccination drive where the age of a person is the criteria to receive a vaccine. From April 1, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare opened the vaccination drive for 45-year-old and above across the country.
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Vaccinating Those Who Have Recovered From Covid-19 Is A Wasteful Exercise: Scientists
Scientists believe that natural antibodies produced through infection last longer than the ones produced through vaccines PTI Jeevan Prakash Sharma 2021-02-09T14:40:29+05:30 Vaccinating Those Who Have Recovered From Covid-19 Is A Wasteful Exercise: Scientists outlookindia.com 2021-02-09T14:43:46+05:30
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India has vaccinated over six million healthcare workers within 24 days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive on January 16. The tally also includes those who contracted the virus and recovered from it in due course of time.
Interestingly, health experts and virologists say that vaccinating a person who has already recovered from Covid-19 is a wasteful exercise as antibodies developed naturally are better and last longer than the ones developed with the help of vaccines.
Budget 2021: Healthcare may finally get its due thanks to COVID-19
India has long been languishing at the bottom of the health-spending pecking order. The pandemic might significantly change the scene.
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The COVID-19 pandemic, one of the biggest health emergencies of our times, may well propel the Centre to significantly increase spending on public health in the coming fiscal. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has already spoken of a Budget like “never before” and hinted at an increased emphasis on healthcare in FY22.
India has long been languishing at the bottom of the health-spending pecking order, with the latest Oxfam report showing that the country s expenditure on health as a percentage of the total budget is the fourth lowest anywhere in the world.