Monday, January 31, 2022

75% of adults in India are now fully vaxxed

 75% of adults in India are now fully vaxxed


Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com


31.01.2022

New Delhi: More than 75% of adults in the country are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with two doses of the jabs. This marks a major achievement in the mass immunisation drive that played a crucial role in keeping disease severity, hospitalisation and deaths low during the present surge powered by Omicron. PM Modi on Sunday congratulated fellow citizens for this “momentous feat” and said he is proud of all those who are making the vaccination drive a success.

A total of nearly 166 crore doses have been administe- red so far since the beginning of the immunisation drive on January 16, 2021.

7 of  TN’s 24 AEFI cases linked to vax

A Union health ministry report said seven of the 24 reported severe Adverse Events Following Immunisation cases in Tamil Nadu had side-effects related to the Covid vaccine or the immunisation process. Three patients reported side-effects directly linked to the vaccine and four immunisation-related anxiety reaction. P4

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