March 15, 2021 | Reported By : Ashok Bhan
Notwithstanding,
recent reports by western NGOs questioning democratic credentials and the
debate in the UK Parliament on farmer’s protest, global events show that there
is nothing to hold back India from becoming a global power. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s participation in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue also known
as the Quad strategic forum between Australia, India, Japan and the US,
besides its supplying vaccines to a large number of countries, shows that India
has significantly enlarged its global profile.
The
world wants to keep India onside as they recognize its rising strategic
importance in Asia as a counterweight to Beijing. India is an important
Covaxin has 81% interim vaccine efficacy - here s what it means
The trials for the third phase of the vaccine involved 25,800 subjects and it was the largest ever conducted in India. File photo (Source: IANS)
Updated: Mar 4, 2021, 09:50 AM IST
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that the indigenously made vaccine Covaxin has shown an interim efficacy of 81% during the phase 3 results.
What does ‘efficacy’ of a vaccine mean?
The efficacy of a vaccine represents how much it prevents against a pathogen in comparison to the absence of vaccination. The measures the ability of a vaccine to protest an individual from a disease based on certain parameters.