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MUMBAI: When will I get the Covid-19 vaccine? This is one question dogging everyone’s mind since India started its immunization campaign for health workers across the country on January 16. And the answer could be over five years, depending on certain parameters including your age, state you reside and category (non-priority group), based on the current pace of immunization.
Vaccinating India’s over 1.3 bn entire population at this stage with the two available vaccines, Serum Institute-manufactured Covishield and Covaxin, could run possibly for several years, according to a vaccine index developed by a group of researchers. The planned timelines are quite optimistic for the risk groups, with healthcare and frontline workers, expected to be vaccinated within half a year in most of the states.