The Indian government must look at the NFHS-5 data on nutrition and design food and nutrition security for the country in a more evidence-based manner.
Pavan K Varma | If only BJP were as good at vaccination as it’s at election
Published : Apr 4, 2021, 4:52 am IST
Updated : Apr 4, 2021, 4:52 am IST
The government I am sure is doing its best, but its best falls short, I am sorry to say, of the optimum
If the BJP, now in power at the Centre, could run the vaccination programme as efficiently as it seeks to run elections, we could perhaps see light at the end of this dark tunnel. (Photo: AFP)
The writing is writ large on the wall: vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate. We know now that the Covid virus is likely to attack in several waves. This has been seen in many countries, and is in evidence in ours too. To contain successive surges, we should, of course, retain our vigil on all health and social distancing protocols, but the real solution is to universalise vaccination and ensure its delivery in the shortest possible time.
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Updated Jan 17, 2021 · 04:42 pm A healthcare worker receives a coronavirus vaccine shot on the first day of the vaccination drive in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on January 16. | Amit Dave/ Reuters
A total of 1,91,181 beneficiaries
were
vaccinated on the first day of India’s coronavirus vaccination drive as the country kickstarted its inoculation campaign with two locally manufactured shots, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.
No case of post-vaccination hospitalisation was reported as of Saturday evening, it added.
The first dose was administered to a sanitation worker at the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the campaign with a nationally televised speech.
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