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Weekly average vaccination rate over last 5 weeks. date. >>> Weekly Average doses May 17. >>> 16.75 lacs May 24. >>> 20.12 lacs May 31. >>> 25.01 lacs June 7. >>> 28.80 lacs June 14. >>> 32.63 lacs Seems like linear growth. Let's see if we end with > 36 lacs average this week.

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The previous Sunday + Monday (on June 7th) was = 23.59 cr - 23.1 cr = 40 lacs. This has risen to 58 lacs, a 45% increase. The week has started on a very high note. Hope this momentum continues.

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Day 150 https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetai ... ID=1727049
Day 148 https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1726653

35.96 lakh Vaccine Doses administered today till 7 pm

Day 150 - day 148 = 25.87 cr - 25.29 Cr = 58 lacs over Sunday and Monday.

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vijayk wrote:I hear Mumbai cases are going up. Can anyone comment?

You can check stats by Districts here. I am not seeing any meaningful increase in cases in Mumbai.

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Prasad wrote:Uttam,
the above 18 figure is approx 934 million.

Ok, then the number of days will drop by another 10%.
Thanks,

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You beat me to it. Guess you were busy refreshing pib.gov.in for the past half an hour :rotfl: Now that's a race I am willing to run :rotfl: The 7-day average is over 31 lacs now. Over 15% population have received at least a single dose. (Source: https://www.covid19india.org/). Looking at India's p...

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day 147 https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1726346 day 146 https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726063 The country has administered cumulatively more than 24.93 Cr Vaccine Doses as per the 7 pm provision report today Day 147 - day 146 = 24.93 Cr - 24.58 = 35 lacs. There...

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BTW, very nice article. I wish I had the ability to share with Swarajymag's non-subscribers. Because there are still a lot of people who blame "small" orders for "slow" vaccination. Swarajya offers up to 7 free articles per month, so please feel free to share. It's important to ...

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Almost 246 million on Thursday. Sounds like the 250 mark will be hit on Saturday unless Friday is a blockbuster 4m dose day. I am rooting for hitting 250 million on Friday. BTW, very nice article. I wish I had the ability to share with Swarajymag's non-subscribers. Because there are still a lot of ...

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day 146 https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetai ... ID=1726063
day 145 https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage ... ID=1725760

The country has administered cumulatively more than 24.58 Cr Vaccine Doses as per the 7 pm provision report today

Day 146 - day 145 = 24.58 Cr - 24.24 = 34 lacs.

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We still do not have a lot of details of the availability of Sputnik V. Here is one news item about DRL establishing it's supply chain: Dr Reddy’s to get freezers from Rockwell to store Sputnik V Dr Reddy’s had earlier tied up with the Russian Direct Investment Fund that markets Sputnik V globally, ...

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The WHO regularly updates the EUL list. It is linked off Emergency use listing (EUL)/Covid-19 Vaccines . Covaxin is due for its screening meeting this month. The one thing that may be preventing Covaxin from getting a EUL from WHO is that the final phase 3 results will be out in July . More detail ...

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Some very interesting data in this article. India needs 93 lakh COVID-19 vaccinations per day to achieve herd immunity by Sept: FinMin The ministry says as per India's demographic distribution, 86.5 crore people or 63.1 per cent of the population is above 18 years of age . Assuming herd immunity at ...

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Here is one article talking about how vaccine hesitancy among religious minorities is being addressed. Citing an example of areas with vaccine hesitancy, the official said administration in several districts of Uttar Pradesh such as Sultanpur, Amethi, Aligarh and Moradabad and in Haryana’s Mewat has...

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Day 144: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725428 Day 145: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725760 24,24,79,167 - 23,88,40,635 = 36,38,532 Wow, this is something new - a Wednesday with a higher peak than a Monday. This has pretty much never happened before, from...

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There has been a lot of discussions about what the govt. could've and should've done to order vaccine. However, one more important factor missing from the equation is vaccine hessitancy . Look at the most recent data on vaccination. Today 11940 HCWs and FLWs 70968 received their first vaccine. These...

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COVID-19 Vaccination Update- Day 144

Cumulative Vaccine Coverage exceeds 23.88 Crore

More than 25 lakh Vaccine Doses administered today till 7 pm

Day 144 - Day 143 = 23.88 - 23.59 = 29 lakhs

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COVID-19 Vaccination Update- Day 143

Cumulative Vaccine Coverage exceeds 23.59 Crore

More than 31 lakh Vaccine Doses administered today till 7 pm

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More than 33 lakh Vaccine Doses administered today till 7 pm Cumulative Vaccine Coverage exceeds 22.75 Crore Cumulative Day 140 (22.75) - Day 139 (22.37cr) = 38 lakh doses. (morning update pending) Is my calculation correct? Usually, the difference between 7pm and next day 8am figures is only about...

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NIH scientists say they may have found a promising new oral antiviral drug for Covid The drug, called TEMPOL, can reduce Covid-19 infections by impairing an enzyme the virus needs to make copies of itself once inside human cells, the NIH said. The NIH researchers said they plan to conduct additiona...

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Biden announces first 25 million vaccine doses going to India, others facing 'surges' President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the first details of the U.S. sending 80 million COVID-19 vaccines overseas with the aim of "ending the pandemic globally." "At least 75 percent of these do...

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ignore this post. I overwrote it while posting new update.

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Bahrain, Facing a Covid Surge, Is Giving Pfizer Boosters to Recipients of Chinese Vaccine. It had fully vaccinated 47% pop with Sinopharm Daily Covid deaths have leapt to 12/million people in recent weeks—an outbreak nearly 5 times more lethal than India https://www.wsj.com/articles/bahrain-facing-...

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More than 22 lakh Vaccine Doses administered today till 7 pm The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country exceeded 22.08 Cr (22,08,62,449) as per the 7 pm provisional report today. Cumulative Day 138 (22.08) - Day 137 (21.83cr) = 25 lakh doses. (morning update pending...

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As on Day-137 of the vaccination drive (1st June, 2021), total 22,08,941 vaccine doses were given. 19,45,581 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 2,63,360 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of vaccine as per the provisional report till 7 P.M. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses a...

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COVID-19 Vaccination Update- Day 133

More than 28 lakh Vaccine Doses administered today till 7 pm

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Dr. Kapila's case is just one data point and it doesn't prove much. Vaccine breakthroughs happen for a lot of reasons including new variants. They happen for existing variants as well. Here are more details: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-departments/breakthrough-cases.html https://i.i...

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Lots of orgs are asking for financial support in the wake of this unprecedented emergency.. I have donated and will continue to donate but want to be sure am not unwittingly feeding the Commie/Urban Naxal ecosystem.. can anyone help screen the following as legit/BIF: - Help Age India, Delhi - Sewa ...

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Total 31,74,688 vaccine doses were given till 8 pm today

The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country stands at 14,50,85,911 as per the 8 pm provisional report today.

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Suraj wrote:2.54 million vaccinations on Saturday, total 141 million
118.6 million first doses, 22.3 million fully vaccinated

As always, a very insightful article by you in Swarajyamag regarding delaying second dose. Thank you for your efforts to lead the conversation in the right direction.

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https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/covaxin-or-covishield-a-million-dollar-question/article34395779.ece Just some anecdotal evidence: I heard from a few people that vaccination has slowed down because many people are demanding Covaxin instead of Covidshield. Are you guys hearing the ...

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Citibank is also closing their retail banking division in India, although i don't think its anything to do with Biden administration's recent decisions. Citibank in the late 90s and first decade of 2000s was very popular among corporate clients with many choosing Citibank for direct deposit account...

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/23/one-dose-of-pfizer-or-oxford-jab-reduces-covid-infection-rate-by-65-study The govt. should seriously consider delaying the second dose and making more people get at least one dose of the vaccine. Oxford (Covidshield) was found to be 76% effective afte...

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https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetai ... ID=1713481

30 lakhs vaccinations today till 8 pm.

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https://news.abplive.com/news/india/corona-vaccination-phase-3-india-crisis-list-states-provide-vaccines-free-may-1st-1454197 List of states that have decided to provide vaccines for free: Madhya Pradesh : The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government on Wednesday announced that all people above the age of ...

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https://i.ibb.co/HKkc4M5/Screen-Shot-2021-04-21-at-8-51-04-AM.png Fantastic data released today. These data add a lot of credence to the strategy of delaying the second dose. Vaccine breakthrough in percentage is similar whether one received a single shot or both shots. I wouldn't pay too much atte...

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In addition to BB's production:

IIL confident of Covaxin rollout by August

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Some more detail from Covaxin's increased production: https://www.theweek.in/news/biz-tech/2021/04/20/bharat-biotech-ramps-up-covaxin-production-to-70-crore-doses-per-annum.html Last month we produced 15 million doses, this month we are reaching 20 million doses, next month we will be making around ...

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Uttar Pradesh announces free COVID-19 vaccine for all above 18 years of age from May 1 "The PM's decision will help in better management of COVID and massive vaccination will help in defeating coronavirus. We have decided to vaccinate all above 18 years free of cost . The state government will...

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Another huge nugget in this article: Bharat Biotech uses a proprietary adjuvant Algel- IMDG, which has now proven to be a safe and effective adjuvant, especially to stimulate memory T cell responses. The synthesis and manufacture of the IMDG component has been successfully indigenized and will be ma...

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