2. This is the time for facts &
not fear. This is a time for
rationality & not rumours.
This is a time for solidarity
& not stigma.
- Dr. Tedros Adanhom Ghebreyesus
WHO Director-General
3. Vaccines
In India
• Covaxin –
• By Bharat Biotech in association with
ICMR & NIV
• Inactivated virus vaccine
• Efficacy rate : 81%
• India’s 1st indigenous vaccine
• 01 Jan 2021
• Covishield –
• By AstraZeneca & University of
Oxford
• Viral vector vaccine
• Efficacy rate : 79%
• 01 Jan 2021
• Sputnik-V –
• Developed in Russia
• Viral vector vaccine
• Efficacy rate : 92%
• 12 April 2021
4. 1. Mortality – COVID altered mortality trends just as the HIV/AIDS epidemic did.
2. Age Structure - Older populations have seen higher case fatality rates.
3. Migration – Migrant workers have suffered disproportionately due to business closures.
4. Marriage & Cohabitation - Zoom weddings, Cancel wedding plans, stalled action against child
marriage stalled during lockdown period.
5. Living arrangements & Residential patterns - Unemployed young adults come back to live
with parents, quarantines & social distancing kept older and immunosuppressed people in
solitary living conditions with adverse effects on mental and physical health & so on.
6. Race ethnicity & Gender - Some groups are at greater risk of falling ill because they are unable
to stay distanced from others, unable to access healthcare or because they work in essential
jobs that put them at higher risk.
5. Over 500 million children were forced out of school worldwide due to COVID-19
Put many small countries under trap of unending poverty
Huge adverse effects on global migrants
International trade & global business operations halted
Uncovered the loopholes of global health integration
Drugs, essential supplies & vaccine nationalism seen
6. Health Inequalities – Not everyone has access to best health care facilities.
Educational Inequalities – Not every students is having facility of studying online.
Economic Inequalities – For some lockdown was boon while for some it was bane.
Social Inequalities – Not every has opportunity to connect with their loved loves during
lockdown.
Technological Inequalities - 42% of urban households & 15% of rural households can
access internet.
7. 375 million children estimated to suffer long-lasting impacts due to the pandemic such as
underweight, stunted growth and copping losses in education and economic productivity.
COVID broke down benefits accrued from government initiatives like Mid Day Meal Scheme.
Even for those who continued to be enrolled in schools, education was difficult to obtain.
Shift to online classes not easy for all
Only 24% of Indian families & mere 38% of Indian schoolchildren have access to the internet.
8. Wasting their productive years of life in pandemic
Entrepreneurs might suffer their loss of investment
Young girls might get married due to their family pressures
Loss of economic opportunities & heavy scale of job losses
Huge uncertainty in conventional employment opportunities
9. Living is isolation during lockdown
No proper care due to social distancing
Liquidity Crunches
Not able to meet their families for long due to restrictions on movements
High morbidity if infected with COVID
10. Excessive domestic work during lockdown
Increase in cases of domestic violence reported
No self care time even in lockdown
Affected mental & physical health
12. All statistics mentioned here is as on 07 July 2021 07:00 AM
www.ourworldindata.org
www.gavi.org
www.who.int
www.mygov.in
www.nytimes.com
References
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