A family member told on condition of anonymity that even she and her kid are now Covid positive as she visited her parents in the last few days.
They are not alone as news emerged from Lucknow that at least 40 doctors of King George's Medical University (KGMU), including Vice Chancellor Lt Gen (retd) Vipin Puri, have tested positive for novel coronavirus, despite most of them taking both the doses of the vaccine.
Alarmingly, this is the second time since last August that Vice Chancellor Puri has been infected by the virus, indicating that re-infection is also happening. He was administered the second dose of vaccine on March 25.
As India doubles down on vaccination, such reports are worrisome as they may desist people from going for the jab.
Satish Kaul,
"It saves us from getting chronically sick; it potentially saves us from ICU, ventilator and oxygen support and helps weaken the mechanism of the disease in human body," Kaul told.
"Hence, vaccine beneficiaries are supposed to continue wearing
WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said during a
Vaccine passports are the digital proof that a person is fully vaccinated before starting any travel. A few options for vaccine passports exist for Americans and other countries and regions are also working on such digital travel documents.
According to Neha Gupta, infectious diseases specialist at Medanta-The Medicity Gurgaon, vaccination doesn't guarantee 100 per cent immunity against novel coronavirus.
"However, the vaccine decreases the severity of the disease. It's important to continue Covid-appropriate precautions like wearing fitted mask, hand hygiene and social distancing," she told.
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