On 16 January 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the COVID-19 vaccination drive in the country, the world’s largest vaccination drive against the SARS-CoV-2 virus which has caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of vaccination is to attain herd immunity against SARS-COVID-2 virus infection. The proportion of the population that must be vaccinated against Covid-19 to induce herd immunity is not known yet according to World Health Organization. However by and large, herd immunity is achieved when more than 70% of the total population develops immunity either naturally suffering from the disease or by inoculation of the vaccine.
In India, two vaccines are currently in use, Covishield made by Serum Institute of India Ltd in association with Oxford-Astrazeneca, UK and Covaxin made by Bharat Biotech International Ltd with ICMR. Both the vaccines have been introduced following recommendations from Subject Expert Committee set up by Drug Control General of India. Astrazeneca-Oxford vaccine has an efficacy of more than 70%.Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that the interim efficacy results of Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine is 81% thus Covaxin showcases the immense strength of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ to fight the odds and stand tall in the global public health community. More than 5.86 crore doses of Covaxin have been already exported to 70 countries till 17th March 2021.
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