Coronavirus | COVID-19 vaccine for (*50*) over 50 years from March
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The inhabitants above 50 years of age, and (*50*) with co-morbidities within the 20 to 50 years age group are scheduled to begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from March onwards, stated All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Randeep Guleria on Friday, whereas answering questions associated to the COVID-19 vaccination drive. He was talking at an interactive programme organised by the Health Ministry.
Dr. Guleria, whereas explaining that whereas it was not clear for how lengthy the COVID-19 vaccination gives safety, stated: “A good amount of antibodies will develop in about 14 days after the second vaccine shot. Though the exact time length about the protection offered is not clear, we believe that the cover will last for at least eight months, or may be longer.”
He additionally stated that (*50*) journey and turn out to be carriers of viruses, and so, “Everyone needs to be vaccinated globally to control the spread. Therefore, all countries need to get their share of vaccine.”
On Friday, India’s complete energetic COVID-19 caseload noticed a decline and stood at 1.35 lakh (1,35,926), as per knowledge launched by the Health Ministry. “The distribution of new cases in India in the last 24 hours shows a positive picture with only one State reporting over 1,000 new cases. Four States/UTs have not reported any new cases in the last 24 hours, and these include Daman and Diu, Ladakh and Tripura,” the Ministry stated.
The Ministry added that the distribution of day by day deaths amongst States/UTs within the final 24 hours additionally displays a major decline within the day by day deaths, with 18 States/UTs not reporting any new deaths within the final 24 hours. India has reported 9,309 new confirmed circumstances within the final 24 hours, and 15,858 new recoveries in the identical interval.
Giving particulars on the continuing vaccination drive, the Ministry stated {that a} complete of 77,66,319 beneficiaries had been vaccinated until 6 p.m. as per the provisional stories, with no case of significant/extreme antagonistic results or deaths attributable to vaccination until date.
“States/UTs have been directed to schedule vaccination for healthcare workers at least once by 20th Feb and mop-up rounds by Feb 25th. Also for frontline workers [—] by 21 Feb they should have received at least one dose of vaccination with mop-up round by 6 March,” the Ministry stated.
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