Amid the increase in coronavirus cases in the country, Dr. Randeep Guleria, director of AIIMS and member of the national working group on the management of Covid-19, has said that we now have vaccines, which are in their stage of final test in India.
Dr. Randeep Guleria is hoping for a coronavirus vaccine by the end of this month or early next. “We should obtain emergency use authorization from the Indian regulatory authorities to begin administering the vaccine to the public,” added Dr. Randeep Guleria.
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The AIIMS director said there is good data available that vaccines are very safe. “The safety and efficacy of the vaccine are not compromised at all. Around 70,000 to 80,000 volunteers have received the vaccine and no significant serious adverse effects were observed. Data shows that the vaccine is safe in the short term,” news agency . AND ME Guleria quoted saying.
He further added: “The Chennai test case is an incidental finding and not related to the vaccine. When we vaccinate a large number of people, some of them may have some other disease, which may not be related to the vaccine.”
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On the distribution of vaccines, Dr. Randeep Guleria said: “Work is being done on a war footing both at the Center and at the state level for the vaccine distribution plan in terms of maintaining the cold chain, availability of adequate warehouses. , development of strategies, training of vaccinators and availability of syringes “.
On the Covid-19 wave in India, he said: “Now, we have seen a decrease in the current wave and I hope this will continue if we can have a good appropriate Covid-19 behavior. We are close to having a big change related to a pandemic. if we handle this behavior for the next three months. “
Guleria also said that initially, the Covid-19 vaccine will not be available in sufficient doses to administer to everyone. “We need a priority list to see that we vaccinate those who have a high probability of dying due to Covid. The elderly, people with comorbidities and frontline workers should be vaccinated first,” he added.
Guleria’s comments came as India reported 35,551 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
Total Covid-19 cases reached 95,34,965, including 4,22,943 active and 89,73,373 recoveries. With 526 new deaths, the cumulative death toll rose to 1.38,648.
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