People who test Covid-19 positive after one dose or even two doses of the vaccines shouldn’t be surprised, according to medical experts who say the current vaccines are primarily designed to protect people from severe disease and deaths.
Amid the nationwide vaccination campaign that has administered over 92 million doses, including both doses to 11.5 million people, some vaccinated people, including over two dozen doctors at the King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, have been detected as Covid-19 positive.
But medical experts say the current Covid-19 vaccines are intended to generate immune responses that will prevent the coronavirus from causing severe disease after people have been exposed to it.
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The single-day rise in cases breached the one-lakh mark for the second time in three days.
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A health worker takes a swab sample to test for COVID-19 at a government hospital in Noida. (Photo | AP) By PTI
NEW DELHI: Slack in following COVID appropriate behaviour, a susceptible population and spread of variants could be among the main reasons for the second wave of coronavirus that has hit the country, healthcare experts have said.
The number of new coronavirus cases in India touched a record daily high since the outbreak of the pandemic with over 1.15 lakh new infections being reported in a span of 24 hours, pushing the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,28,01,785 on Wednesday.