"The most stringent intervention scenario with tier 4 England-wide and schools closed during January and 2 million individuals vaccinated per week, is the only scenario we considered which reduces peak ICU burden below the levels seen during the first wave", the study concluded.
The dry run, which was aimed at end-to-end testing of the Coronavirus vaccination process, was undertaken in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, Rajkot and Gandhinagar in Gujarat, Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr) in Punjab and Sonitpur and Nalbari districts in Assam.
India reported 16,432 new Covid-19 cases, 24,900 recoveries, and 252 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the health ministry.
West Bengal reported 1,028 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours pushing the tally to 5,48,471. Meanwhile, 27 fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus death toll to 9,625.
Six people who returned to India from the United Kingdom recently have tested positive for the new strain of the virus.
Out of 40,000 people returned from Britain since November end, and over a dozen testing positive for COVID-19, panic prevailed about the new strain. Amidst this scare, now Karnataka government is facing another headache as 204 returnees in Bengaluru have gone untraced.
Health care workers, the elderly and leading politicians got some of the first shots across the 27-nation bloc to reassure the public that the vaccinations are safe and represent the best chance to emerge from the pandemic.
With 18,732 new Covid-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India's total cases rise to 1,01,87,850. With 279 deaths during the same period, the death toll is now at 1,47,622.
West Bengal reported 1,541 new COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 5,44,755. The COVID-19 toll in the state rose to 9,536 on Friday (December 25) with 31 more people succumbing to the disease.
India's vaccine against Coronavirus has drawn global attention concerning its safety and immunogenicity, the Indian Council of Medical Research has informed.
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