COVID-19 vaccination slow as there's no limited supply: Top Virologist
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive, the top virologist and member of the SC-appointed committee on medical oxygen, Dr. Gagandeep Kang, on Tuesday said that vaccination was slow as there was no limited supply.
Dr. Gagandeep Kang said that more doses were supposed to be available but haven't. As companies ramp up production, vaccination will go up, Kang said.
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She said other options would be to import vaccines if we could but globally there's vaccine shortage, only vaccines available are Russian and Chinese ones.
"So we'll have to decide which ones we're willing to buy at least until Indian companies start to make their vaccines," she added.
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The US-Canada started vaccination for children, she said, adding that other nations will start too. "Most of the rich world will immunize as much of its population as possible, Kang said.
After that, we'll see vaccines available to the rest of the world, said the head of Punjab’s Group of Experts on COVID-19 vaccination.
"I don't think it (Black Fungus) is related to a variant," she said, adding that "It was related to fact that we've many cases, we seem to be using steroids freely and have lot of diabetics which is also a risk factor for these cases.
Meanwhile, she said that death was a lagging indicator, it comes 2-3 weeks after case numbers climb. "Now that the numbers have stabilized, we should expect deaths to also stabilize and start to taper off," she said.
Adding, she said that "If they don't, there's an issue with some aspect of our reporting systems."
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