The world remained in the throes of Covid-19 during 2020. With the dawn of 2021, India initially saw a sharp decline in the fury of the pathogen and a consequent dip in daily deaths and infections, bu
A marked decline in the number of daily infected persons and consequent decrease in the number of deaths are redeeming, but should these developments lull the healthcare personnel and the population i
4398 BIG CHALLENGE: Vaccinating a billion people with multiple doses against Covid-19 is going to be a daunting task in India. Tribune photo
Dr R Kumar
President, Society for Promotion of Ethical and Affordable Healthcare
If the bulk of the population is immunised against the coronavirus pathogen, it will not find hosts; hence, it will not spread through the community. However, some degree of skepticism exists since it is given to healthy people and reports of anaphylaxis deaths in a few cases and side effects and allergies in many cases have been pouring in.
A study has found that 94 per cent of formerly infected patients had diminished antibody levels within 90 days. Will the immunity caused after vaccination sustain longer? Will the vaccine be effective even against the mutated versions of the virus?
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