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COVID-19 new variants can hamper vaccine progress - CDC

  With the rise of many variants of COVID-19, Centers for Disease control and prevention (CDC) has expressed its concern regarding progress of COVID-19 vaccination. As of now in March 2021, many countries are starting public vaccination, but the scientific society needs to keep a track of the emerging variants of COVID-19 , since the available vaccines may not protect against the new variants. CDC is a national public health institute in United states working under Department of Health and Human services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its main goal is to protect public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury and disability in the US and internationally. CDC has kept a track of progress of COVID-19 since the very beginning and warned the world about its various signs and symptoms. CDC has influenced and helped many countries to formulate their guidelines to tackle COVID-19 and in the past many other infective diseases. The western countrie

COVID-19 vaccination opens for public, but are you eligible?

  Almost one year had passed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and finally India has started COVID-19 vaccination for public. A certain group of population (people at high risk) can register to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from March 1 st , 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has himself taken the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS, New Delhi. In the history of vaccine development, this is the fastest one, that mankind has achieved, thanks to our hard-working scientists. As First phase of vaccination, India had already started vaccinating the frontline workers from January 16 th , 2021. India had been the major supplier of COVID-19 vaccine doses for past few months to over 60 countries, especially the countries which cannot afford the costly western vaccines. Specially the African countries and countries around Indian ocean have received COVID-19 vaccine doses from India. The chief of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom has immensely praised India and Prime Mi