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War Against COVID  Health




































                          MOVING TOWARDS COMPLETE


                             VACCINATION IN THE FIGHT


                                         AGAINST COVID



           As quickly as the number of cases reported daily increased during the third wave of Covid, it is now
         rapidly declining. Even after this, the government does not intend to be lax. That is why there is a focus
          on expanding the scope of vaccination so that the vaccine reaches every eligible person as quickly as
       possible. Not only that, but the work of vaccinating adolescents aged 15–17 years is in full swing, as is the
        work of preparing the vaccine for children over the age of 5. In addition, the country is making every effort
                                 to protect citizens from any future variants of Covid.


              he Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh receives   the pace of the vaccination campaign. Under this,
              heavy snowfall during the winter season. It is   states and union territories are given advance notice
        Tdifficult to move from one location to another       of vaccine availability so that they can better plan
         in such a situation. Despite this, the pace of Covid   the vaccine and streamline the supply chain for the
         vaccination did not slow, and health workers walked   vaccine.
         six kilometres to reach the children to vaccinate
         them. This is the culmination of courage and a ray   SPUTNIK LIGHT VACCINE APPROVED
         of hope for a new India, which our health workers    The Single-dose Sputnik Light Covid-19 vaccine
         have demonstrated through their will. Due to this    has been approved for emergency use in India by
         determination, 175 crore Covid vaccine doses         the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). This
         have been administered in India as of February 19.       is the ninth vaccine that India has got in the fight
         2 Crore Children between 15 to 17 years have received   against Covid. Previously, India had approved
         both doses. The Central Government is committed      eight vaccines. As a result, India now has another
         to accelerating the pace of public immunisation, and   weapon in its arsenal in the fight against the largest
         the availability of more vaccines has accelerated    global disease of the century, which will strengthen


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