52% infected with covid under-40, concerning situation in 146 districts, and no vaccines for private hospitals

The response of the government on the ongoing second wave of Corona is leaving a lot to be desired. What can India look forward to in the coming days?

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The Government of India (GoI) revealed that 146 districts of the nation are presenting concerning picture in the handling of Corona. These districts are having Corona positivity rate of more than 15%.

Further, 274 other districts have positivity rate between 5% to 15%, and 308 other districts have less than 5% positivity.

The GoI has informed that the states where Corona is exploding will be under special focus. These states include Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

Majority infected are under 40

Majority of individuals (52%) are under the age of 40.

More specifically, 2.97% of the patients are under the age of 10, 8.5% of the patients are between 10 and 20 years of age, 19.35% of the patients are between 20 and 30 years of age, while 21.15% are between 30 and 40 years of age, and 17.5% of the patients are between40 and 50 years of age.

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These figures are release by GoI.

No vaccines for private hospital

The GoI has decided to not provide vaccines to private hospitals. To meet their requirements, the latter will contact the companies directly.

Free vaccination to priority people will continue for free but only at government centres.

Though, the government will keep a watch on the prices of vaccines in private hospitals.

Vaccination is effective

ICMR experts claim that the vaccination is effective. They claim that from more than 3 crore individuals who have been given double dose, only 695 have contracted Corona.

They claim that people have misunderstandings about the efficacy of the vaccine – with vaccine infection levels and death rates have come down.


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