Vaccination has started in the UK, US, Russia, China: Says Rahul Gandhi.
Key points:
- The Ministry of Health claimed they had ramped up storage facilities for the vaccine and that the vaccine will be given to 100 people a day at the start.
- The US also approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Moderna coronavirus vaccines with many high-ranked government officials.
- With 130,000 people given the shot within a week of the vaccination campaign, the UK has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
- In order to inoculate its population against the virus, China used Sinopharm’s coronavirus vaccine.
Despite other nations launching their respective vaccination campaigns, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not implementing coronavirus vaccines in the country.
Rahul Gandhi in his Tweet:
Twenty-three lakh people in the world have already been vaccinated by Covid. China, the US, the United Kingdom, Russia, have begun. Ka number kab ayegaa of India, Modi Ji? (When’s the number for India coming?),’ he tweeted.
India is yet to sign a vaccine for its vaccination drive:
India has yet to authorize a vaccine for its vaccination campaign, but reports suggest the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine may be approved by the government by next week.
Bharat Biotech, as well as Pfizer, are both considering the emergency usage authorization sought by them. The government has guaranteed that only when its efficacy has been confirmed will the vaccine be deployed.
Health Ministry about Vaccine:
The Ministry of Health claimed they had ramped up storage facilities for the vaccine and that the vaccine will be given to 100 people a day at the start, who would then be tracked, but finally, the shot would be given to everyone. In the first step of the vaccine campaign, frontline employees are the first in line to get vaccinated.
US approver the use of Vaccine:
The US also approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Moderna coronavirus vaccines with many high-ranked government officials including president-elect Joe Biden, Vice President Mike Pence, Anthony Fauci including health secretary Alex Azar getting either among the two.
Christmas lockdown for the UK and southern England:
With 130,000 people given the shot within a week of the vaccination campaign, the UK has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
With the advent of the latest B117 mutated strain, which is 70 per cent more transmittable than the original, the nation is currently facing a severe coronavirus crisis.
During the Christmas time, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was compelled to enforce a lockdown on London as well as southern England to contain the outbreak.
India’s current death and active cases:
In order to inoculate its population against the virus, China used Sinopharm’s coronavirus vaccine, whereas Russia deployed its Sputnik V vaccine.
India presently has 10,099,066 confirmed coronavirus diseases and, according to Johns Hopkins University, the number of deaths stands at 146,444.
