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cOvid-19 pandemic: has india wOn?

>> Continued from previous page... only when prime targets -- peo- a situation by year-end or be- He highlighted that pan-
good progress on the vaccina- ple to be vaccinated -- are cov- fore that. Then, there may be a demic is still not over and In-
tion front. ered. And there has to be equiv- likelihood of vaccine to come to dia is in a good position but
Also, the good news is that alence in supply and demand. the open market,” Guleria told people should not have vaccine
coronavirus vaccines might be Hopefully, there would be such ANI here. hesitancy and get inoculated.
available in the open market by Talking about vaccine hesitancy
end of the year only when prime among the people, Dr. Guleria
targeted people are covered and said many have been vaccinated
there is an equivalence of supply and data also reflects that these
and demand, said Dr. Randeep vaccines are safe.
Guleria, Director of All India “Vaccine hesitancy is under-
Institute of Medical Sciences standable as people could have
(AIIMS) after receiving the sec- some doubts whether the vac-
ond dose of COVID-19 vaccine cine is safe or not but so many
on Wednesday. days have passed and many
The chief of the country’s have got the jab. There are
premier medical institute Dr. data, which suggest that vaccine
Guleria was administered with is safe so hesitancy should be
the first jab of the COVID-19 avoided,” he added.
vaccine on January 16, a day India seems to be on the path
the biggest vaccination drive to recovery from the pandemic.
was launched by Prime Minister It might be too early to say the
Narendra Modi, against coro- A health worker fills a syringe with the Covid vaccine, virus has been eliminated, but it
navirus disease. “Vaccine will in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI) certainly has been subdued – at
be available in the open market least for the moment.

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