1. India appears to be on a good trajectory in the race of developing the coronavirus vaccine. A report earlier claimed that India will have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of this year.
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2. In a recent statement from India’s health minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that 20-25 crore Indians would be vaccinated against COVID-19 by July 2021.
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3. Vardhan said that while it is desirable to have a single-dose vaccine to quickly control the pandemic. However, he added that it is difficult to achieve the desired levels of immune protection using a single dose.
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4. “Two-dose vaccines are suitable for attaining the desired immunogenicity as the first dose gives some immune protection, and the second dose augments it further,” he added.
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5. In his ‘Sunday Samvaad’ interaction on social media, the union minister said the Centre is working on building capacities to utilize 40-50 crore doses of a vaccine against COVID-19.
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6. These doses will cover “approximately 20-25 crore people by July 2021”.The government had earlier announced that frontline health workers from both the public and private sector, will be the first to get vaccinated.
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