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IFP Editorial: What is stopping the state or district administrations from increasing the rate of vaccination like others have done. Perhaps, the fault lies in the lack of initiative or innovation on the part of the district administrators.
In the column, the author discusses the issues of new COVID hotspots, a possible third wave, the status of booster doses and children's vaccines and new COVID drugs.
The prime minister held review meeting with over 40 districts, including Jharkhand, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, and other states with less than 50 per cent coverage of the first dose and low coverage of the second dose of Covid vaccine.
Pointing out the need of establishing more medical colleges in Manipur, IMA national president Dr JA Jayalal said that IMA will be raising the matter to the Central government.
IFP Editorial: A full-scale vaccination effort is more prudent if we have to fight back the pandemic, as well as preparing for the possible third wave.
IFP Editorial: Saying the vaccine is safe in spite of a few adverse effects is just not enough to convince the superstitious folk. Some sort of guarantee should anything befall one after taking the vaccine is perhaps needed.
Skepticism about Covid-19 vaccination among tribal villagers in Maharashtra's Melghat forest is being reversed with advocacy in the local Korku language. It's a playbook for effective communication in India's remote, tribal-dominated pockets with longstanding low immunisation coverage.
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