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Vaccine hesitancy a threat in overcoming pandemic: Poonawalla

  •   Thu, Nov 18 2021 08:28:31 AM

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS): The vaccine hesitancy is now the greatest threat in overcoming the Covid pandemic, said Pune based Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Wednesday. He urged all adults to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

Poonawalla said that the vaccine industry has worked tirelessly to provide enough stocks for the nation. "Today there are over 200 million doses available with states. I urge all adults to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Vaccine hesitancy is now the greatest threat in overcoming this pandemic", he said in a tweet.

The company is also likely to start supplying the Covid vaccines to the Covax after India resumed Vaccine Maitri to export vaccines starting from October 2021, said a source.

India resumed the vaccine export under Vaccine Maitri in the fourth quarter starting from October to fulfill the commitment towards COVAX in line with the motto Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (World is one family). India had stopped vaccine exports in April amid second Covid surge to jab its own population.

Meanwhile, India's Covid 19 vaccination coverage has crossed 114 crore landmark as more than 65 lakh vaccine doses were administered till 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

India's Covid cases are also on declining trajectory. The country on Wednesday reported 10,197 new Covid cases and 301 deaths in a day.

 
  

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  • S mohan, Pune

    Thu, Nov 18 2021

    Our politicians , religious leaders ,social workers, corporates and Doctors should be in the forefront to remove vaccine hesitancy from the minds of citizens. Sadly, al least some of the above have played a dubious role in contributing to this problem. Instead of focussing on assuring the citizenry, what was their accusation and demands.? Vaccines were untried, vaccine responsibility should be handed over to States, vaccine technology should be given to others ( like Lijjat papad, perhaps) pvt hospitals are fleecing, PM and his ministers have not vaccinated themselves, why imported vaccines are not allowed,? You name it, they had it and more. Some states were even accusing the Centre of bias in allocation of vaccine stocks. God save our country.

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  • Anand Kumar, Mangalore Kudla

    Thu, Nov 18 2021

    Farsi is losing out on a lot of unused vaccines in fakedemic it seems. As per my knowledge he himself is unvaccinated.

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