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All you need to know about India s COVID-19 vaccination drive
On May 1, India’s entire adult population, estimated at a staggering 842 million, will become eligible to take the COVID-19 vaccine. This will include those between the ages of 18 and 45 – the country’s largest age demographic.
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The vaccine rollout in India began in January 2021 in a phased manner, starting with frontline and healthcare workers to senior citizens with and without comorbidities.
Now, on May 1, India’s entire adult population, estimated at a staggering 842 million, will become eligible to take the COVID-19 vaccine. This will include those between the ages of 18 and 45 – the country’s largest age demographic.
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Ritesh has been on the frontline of the COVID-19 fight at his family-owned hospital.
Why is the COVID-19 second wave so bad?
History will always repeat itself.
Typically, whenever viral pandemics come, they come in cycles. The second and third waves are always more dire because the virus mutates. What we are seeing now is a different virus, different virulence from what originated in Wuhan, China, initially.
In the last wave, (our hospital had) so many patients, but we had zero casualties. In the last three weeks, we have had three casualties already in a small (100-bed) hospital like ours. Around