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25 Jan, 11 tweets, 7 min read

By Jan 24, 2021, 1.6 million Indian health workers or, about 1 in 1,000 Indians, had received the 1st dose of the #COVID19#vaccine, data from the govt show. The UK has vaccinated 95/1,000 and the US 56/1,000. Follow this thread to know more:

India vaccinated more people (207,229) on Jan 16, 2021, the 1st day of the #COVID19 vaccination drive, compared to France, UK & the US, the govt said. How this compared:
India: 0.15/1,000
US: 0.24/1,000
UK: 0.29/1,000
France: 0.001/1,000

@SerumInstIndia

The Indian government began vaccinating a priority group of 300 million people with two #COVID19 #vaccines--@SerumInstIndia’s #COVISHIELD & @BharatBiotech’s #COVAXIN--on January 16, 2021

Most vaccinations had taken place in Karnataka (191,443), Odisha (152,371), Andhra Pradesh (147,030), UP (123,761) and Telangana (110,031), as of Jan 24, 2020, govt data show #COVID19vaccine
pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…

After taking a #vaccine, it is possible that people may experience an ‘adverse event following immunisation’ (AEFI). These reactions may be mild, such as a fever, or serious, such as death or disability

The govt had reported 6 deaths after #COVID19 vaccinations by Jan 23. None were causally linked with the vaccination, the govt said. Until Jan 24, govt data show at least 1,249 adverse events but the govt hasn’t yet provided consolidated data pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…

The central govt has told states and union territories to plan #COVID19 #vaccinations on 4 days of the week, in order to ‘’minimise disruption of routine health services”

On the first day of vaccination, Jan 16, 2021, states faced some issues with the digital vaccinating platform Co-WIN, the govt said

@BharatBiotech

There have been questions about the approval to #COVAXIN “in clinical trial mode”. Participants in @BharatBiotech’s COVAXIN clinical trial in Bhopal said they were misled, we reported in January 2020: indiaspend.com/covid-19/india…

India already vaccinates about 26.7 million newborns and 29 million pregnant women every year, with about 390 million doses of vaccines, we reported in October 2020:
indiaspend.com/indias-covid-1…

A vaccine will not immediately enable us to return to our pre-pandemic lifestyles. Masking, sanitation and distancing will be important, we reported in December 2020. Read our explainer on #COVID19vaccines: indiaspend.com/covid-19/why-v…

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28 Jan

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The fortunes of India’s 100 #billionaires increased by ~Rs 13 lakh crore ($17.8 bn) between March 18 and December 31, 2020, enough to give 138 million of the poorest Indians Rs 94,045 each, says a recently released @OxfamIndia report #inequality
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The wealth of Indian #billionaires was at $422.9 billion in July 2020, which increased by 35% between April and July 2020, during the #COVIDLockdown #inequality
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The wealth of Indian #billionaires increased 90% between 2009 and 2020. India ranks 8th among 9 countries analysed on increases in billionaire wealth btwn 2009 & 2020, after China, France, Canada, Germany, the US & the UK, Brazil
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27 Jan

@ncaer

30% of households who had said in Jun 2020 that they had lost their source of income because of #COVID19 had returned to work in Oct 2020, but most of them were self-employed in agriculture, as per a survey by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (@ncaer). Thread:

The telephonic survey was conducted twice, once in June among 2,068 households and then in October among 1,989 households. In the October survey, 65% of the households surveyed were the same as in the 1st round

@_CMIE

Many of those who lost their jobs due to #COVID19 and the #lockdown were forced into self-employment, Mahesh Vyas, MD, @_CMIE told us in Jan 2021. India still has 15 million missing jobs compared to the pre-#COVID19 months, he had said:
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15 Jan

@CSEINDIA

#AirPollution, measured by annual PM2.5--particles finer than a human hair--reduced in bigger cities such as Delhi & Varanasi but increased in smaller cities such as Fatehabad & Moradabad, finds a @CSEINDIA analysis of 26 cities. Follow the thread for insights:

In many cities in the upper Indo-Gangetic plains, avg PM2.5 levels were above 2019 levels. #AirPollution in Fatehabad, in northern Haryana, deteriorated the most, with PM2.5 levels increasing 35% from 2019

The %age of PM2.5 in the coarser PM10--which determines air toxicity--was in the high 40s in Oct & remained so in Nov, averaging 55% in Amritsar, 48% in Chandigarh & 53% in Patna. It reached 64% in Amritsar, 69% in Chandigarh & 62% in Patna during #Diwali2020

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14 Jan

A comprehensive school management programme implemented in Madhya Pradesh government schools did not improve their functioning or students’ learning, says a working paper on the impacts of the programme. More in this thread:

@karthik_econ

The study, co-authored by @karthik_econ of @UCSanDiego & @singhabhi from @handels_sse, analysed the impact of a school management prog developed by the MP govt in collaboration with education services provider Ark across 1,774 randomly selected elementary schools

Although this flagship education reform showed no change in student learning or teacher absenteeism, it has been expanded to 600,000 schools nationally and is expected to cover 1.6 million schools eventually, the study says

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13 Jan

@UNESCAP

International #migration from India rose 3X between 1990 (6.6 million) and 2019 (17.5 million).
Most Indian migrants (3.4 million) went to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Follow this thread for more findings from the December 2020 Asia-Pacific Migration Report by @UNESCAP:

India and China were the world’s largest remittance recipients, receiving over $83 billion and $68 billion in 2019, respectively, the report says

@WorldBank

Because of COVID-19, remittances to India are likely to fall by 9% in 2020. By October 2020, India had received $75.9 bn (Rs 5.5 lakh cr) in remittances, per @WorldBank 2020 data worldbank.org/en/topic/migra…

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9 Jan

@BharatBiotech

Today, Deepak Maravi, 45, of Bhopal was reported to have died during a @BharatBiotech & @ICMRDELHI #COVIDvaccine trial. It is unclear if Maravi received a vaccine or a placebo, & what exactly caused his death, but a media storm has ensued. Follow @AnooBhu’s thread from Bhopal:

@AstraZeneca

On Jan 3, 2021, India’s drug controller approved 2 #COVID19 vaccines, #COVISHIELD by @AstraZeneca & @UniofOxford, & #COVAXIN by @BharatBiotech & the Indian Council of Medical Research (@ICMRDELHI). The approvals were controversial as relevant data was not made public

@bharatbiotech

All #vaccine trials are required to record, investigate and report on ‘adverse events’, or serious medical reactions. When these occur, a committee evaluates if the reaction was related to the vaccine. There is no information yet from @bharatbiotech on Maravi’s death

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