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A study by Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (non-peer reviewed) in Delhi to evaluate the effectiveness of #covishield #vaccine found that its single-shot offered almost no protection against symptomatic #COVID19 infection.
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@RajeevJayadevan The incidence of symptomatic infection in study subjects after 21 days of receiving the first dose was 12.3%, as compared to 13.9% in the unvaccinated group.
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@SerumInstIndia @AmbarishSatwik
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Apollo Hospital's Pan India study of #Breakthrough infections over 31,621 Healthcare workers showed that only 4.28% (1,335) subjects got infected post-vaccination. @RajeevJayadevan
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#vaccination The finding also showed only 90 cases (0.28%) required hospitalization, while merely 3 (0.009%) suffered severe complications and progressed to ICU admission. @DrLahariya @satya_yadav
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#VaccinesWork

#BREAKING Madhukar Rainbow chain of Children Hospital to become second vaccination centre in Delhi where #SputnikV will arrive for mass #COVID19 vaccination drive, which is expected to start by June 20.
However, other hospitals of this chain will receive #Sputnik by tomorrow. The Russian vaccine will dispatch from Dr Reddy's at 13 hospitals of Madhukar Rainbow group based in Southern Indian states will receive the vaccine tomorrow and from there, a consignment for Delhi will be sent to Delhi. It is expected to arrive by June 19. #Sputnikvaccine