India has officially started vaccinating people fromJanuary 16 and first in line are the healthcare and frontline workers. After aslow start, the country's vaccination drive is picking up pace, according to areport published in NDTV website.
Amid the controversy triggered regarding the pendency ofphase 3 trial results of Covaxin, people were skeptical of taking the shot butit is to be noted here that The Lancet medical journal has published a reportin which it has been said that the Covaxin is safe and it triggers immuneresponse as per earlier data efficacy results.
15.37 lakh people have been vaccinated in 27,776 sessionssince January 16, according to the data published on NDTV.
According to ministry of health, 1.47 lakh people werevaccinated on Saturday, Jan 23. 1,248 adverse reactions were reported and somepeople have been admitted in the hospitals.
Six health workers have died who were vaccinated againstCovid-19 but the Union Health Ministry said these deaths are not linked to thevaccines.
As on day one, 1.9 lakh healthcare workers werevaccinated but on day seven the numbers have risen to 3.5 lakh health careworkers. Changes have been made in the Co-win app where the healthcare workerswho are not slotted for a certain date can be vaccinated on another date.
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