Covid-19 India: NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul said on Tuesday that large population is very sensitive to COVID-19 in this winter season. He said that variants of Britain have also come in some other countries and India, and this variant can stay its own pace and no person can be careless. With this, the government said that the vaccine of COVID-19 will work against new variants of the virus and there is no evidence that the existing vaccine will fail to protect against SARS-CoV-2 from UK or South Africa.
Vaccine will also provide protection against new variants
Addressing a press conference, Vijay Raghavan of Principal Scientific Advisor said that till now it has not been found that new variants increase the severity of the disease. They reported that most vaccines target the Skype protein, with variants that change, but the vaccine helps to produce a large number of antibiotics that protect our immune system.
NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul said that there has been a steady decline in new cases and deaths of COVID-19, which is a good thing given the current situation around the world. Paul said that we are seeing a continuous decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases, active cases and deaths, which is reassuring. This is especially important for this period when many countries are facing terrible situation.
63 percent of cases were found in men
Giving information about the gender and age of people infected with Corona virus, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that 63 percent of the total cases in the country were found in men and 37 percent in women. He said that eight percent of the cases were found in children below 17 years, 13 percent in the age group of 18 to 25 years, 39 percent in 26 to 44 years, 26 percent in 45 to 60 years and 14 percent in those above 60 years. Have been seen.
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