Thread by @drharshvardhan

It was noted that despite being resource constrained and densely populated, timely #lockdown & rapid augmentation of infrastructure by India have helped to keep the case/ million & deaths/million considerably lower as compared to other countries

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Within the country, eight States (#Maharashtra, #Karnataka, #AndhraPradesh, #TamilNadu, #UttarPradesh, #WestBengal, #Odisha and #Telangana) contribute to around 73% of the active caseload, as of today

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Moreover, seven States (#Maharashtra, #Delhi, #TamilNadu, #AndhraPradesh, #Karnataka, #UttarPradesh and #WestBengal) account for 81% of total deaths.

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Chairperson of the Empowered Group-1 on Medical Emergency management plan Dr V K Paul Ji, apprised the #GoM of the process of #COVID vaccine development in India. He stated that 29 candidates, including 2 Indian ones, are in Clinical Trials out of which 6 are in Phase III.