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COVID-19 Live Updates: Covishield Gives 93% Protection Against COVID, 98% Mortality Reduction

COVID-19 Live Updates: Covishield Gives 93% Protection Against COVID, 98% Mortality Reduction
वैक्सीन से इनकार करने वालों का मानना है कि टीके गंभीर नकारात्मक दुष्प्रभाव पैदा करते हैं, और संक्रामक रोगों से व्यक्ति और समाज की रक्षा नहीं करते हैं।

With 39,361 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,14,11,262. Get all the COVID-related live updates here.

Written by Satata Karmakar |Updated : July 27, 2021 8:15 PM IST

The Delta variant of COVID-19 remains the biggest concern as nations ease restrictions and open their economies. On Monday, experts have warned that the Delta variant of COVID-19, which was first identified in India, is capable of infecting fully vaccinated people at a greater rate than previous versions. Adding more concern to the already existing ones, the experts also said that the Delta variant is spreading rapidly and may become a dominant strain soon. Viruses tend to evolve constantly with faster mutations, COVID-19 has also mutated several times and out of all the mutations, The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that the Delta variant is more transmissible and dangerous compared to the over variants of concern. However, the experts have also stated that vaccine protection remains effective in preventing severe complications of the COVID-19 variants and also prevents hospitalizations. "Unvaccinated individuals are at higher risk of catching the virus and suffer severe outcomes of it," experts quoted as saying.

Meanwhile, With 39,361 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,14,11,262, while the daily positivity was recorded above three per cent after 35 days. The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 4,20,967 with 416 fresh fatalities. Get all the COVID-related live updates here.

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