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Vaccination

New walls, new doors

These days with the UK reeling under the spread of the Omicron variant, the tables have turned, and India seems to be considering curbs on travellers from Britain. The pandemic seems far from over and Europe is set to go back into lockdown. But one thing is certain. Vaccines and visas will become diplomatic ammunition as countries pull rank in a post-Covid world.

Germany begins vaccinating kids aged 5-11

This week, low-dose BioNTech/Pfizer vaccines will be distributed to paediatricians and vaccination centres for administration in all federal states, the Ministry of Health (BMG) said.

Not the time to drop our guard

Although only a few persons in the U.K. are infected by Omicron, preliminary data suggests that the number is rising. A very large number of persons worldwide had been infected earlier with different variants of the coronavirus. A large number are also fully vaccinated. All these persons have attained some level of immunity; they have started to produce proteins that can protect them against infection.

India’s vaccination coverage now exceeds 121 crore

The active caseload in the country has now reached 1,05,69, which is the lowest in the last 543 days. The active cases in the country now account for less than 1 per cent of total cases, currently at 0.31 per cent which is the lowest since March last year.