1342 Unprecedented: The Central and state governments are grappling with the gigantic task of administering the Covid vaccines. PTI
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
Senior Journalist
The sense of relief and euphoria felt by the people and the Modi government over the availability of Covid-19 vaccines at the beginning of the new year is understandable after the long lockdown of 2020 and the mental and physical stress it caused all round. The Central and state governments are now grappling with the gigantic task of administering the vaccines manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech. There are going to be hurdles and glitches as the operation unfolds, but the sense of helplessness is gone. With the vaccines at hand, the hospitals and the frontline health workers with auxiliary support from the administration at all levels can succeed in immunising a large section of the population during the year.
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