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The road ahead in India’s augmented vaccination drive
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April 26, 2021 00:39 IST
Flattening the COVID-19 curve eventually rests on judicious vaccination deployment plans and the pace of vaccination
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Flattening the COVID-19 curve eventually rests on judicious vaccination deployment plans and the pace of vaccination
India is presently battling an aggressive second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. India launched its vaccination drive in mid-January, starting with the vaccination of priority groups. The central government has announced a slew of policy measures to expand the eligibility bracket of vaccinees and to deploy more vaccines for domestic use. These policy interventions coupled with the availability of vaccines in the open market are expected to further intensify India’s anti-COVID-19 battle.
According to the latest data released by the Utah Department of Health in Salt Lake City, nearly 40% of all eligible Utahns have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, which is showing up as various mutated viruses all over the world.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced that vaccinations with the Company s COVID-19 single-shot vaccine will resume for all adults aged 18 years and older in the U.S., under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), following a decision from the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The decision was based on a recommendation from the U.S. CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which followed a rigorous evaluation of data relating to a very rare adverse event involving blood clots in combination with low platelet counts (thrombosis with thrombocytopenia) observed within approximately one to two weeks following vaccination.
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Max Healthcare, which runs a network of hospitals in north India, said on Twitter it had less than two hours of oxygen left while Fortis Healthcare, another big chain, said it was suspending new admissions in Delhi. We are running on backup, waiting for supplies since morning, Fortis said on Saturday (local time).
India is in the grip of a rampaging second wave of the pandemic, hitting a rate of one COVID-19 death in just under every four minutes in Delhi as the capital s underfunded health system buckles.
The number of cases across the country of about 1.3 billion rose overnight by 346,786, the Health Ministry said, for a total of 16.6 million cases, including 189,544 deaths.