Vaccines could be expected to have an impact on mortality rates among seniors. | Punit Paranjpe / AFP
Is India beginning to see a Covid-19 vaccine effect? In three southern states and two major cities for which data are available, the share of the elderly in total deaths has begun to decline after vaccinations began for this demographic, an
IndiaSpend analysis of data and interviews with experts show. The decline in share is not necessarily because cases and deaths among younger people have increased.
India began vaccinating healthcare and frontline workers on
January 16, people over the age of 60 years (and those over 45 years, with comorbidities) from