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RIYADH: On Jan. 16, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination program in India. Its target is to inoculate 300 million people by August 2021. More than a million received their first dose within a week of the launch.
Over the past several months, more than 30 Indian groups from academia and industry have been involved in the development, collaboration and trials of the COVID-19 vaccines in India. Six vaccine candidates, including three indigenously developed ones, have reached the clinical stages of development. Two vaccines Covishield, licensed from AstraZeneca and Oxford University and produced by the Serum Institute of India, and Covaxin, indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in partnership with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have been approved for emergency use in the country.
Viruses mutate all the time, including the novel coronavirus that’s caused the global Covid-19 pandemic. Most of the changes have no apparent effect. But recent variants that have emerged in the U.K., South Africa and Brazil are causing particular concern. They don’t appear to be any more virulent, but studies suggest they are more contagious than other strains. More people getting infected could lead to a surge in hospitalizations as has happened in England and elsewhere and potentially m
Dubai: With over 1.2 million already vaccinated against infection for COVID-19 in the UAE, doctors have expressed optimism and hope in achieving herd immunity soon, nevertheless cautioned all residents not to give up the basic protocols followed so far in the pandemic.
Dr Mohammad Rafique Dr Mohammad Rafique, Pulmonologist and Medical Director at Prime Hospital, told Gulf News, “The gold standard in COVID-19 management to stop community transmission still remains the four protocols. Wear your mask at all times, maintain a social distance of two metres, wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds, in absence of water, use hand sanitisers to keep chances of infection at bay. The vaccination drive is going on strong and many residents are taking the vaccine. It is expected that by the time about 60 per cent receive vaccination, we will be able to get herd immunity. This will be achieved soon enough in the UAE as the government vaccination programme is on track. Howeve