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Singapore's plan for a post vaccination world in which Covid is unlikely to be eliminated and will continue to circulate especially in the unvaccinated population  The plan is roughly as follows: Instead of daily infection numbers, the focus will be on outcomes: How many fall very sick, how many in ICU A fully vaccinated person can recover at home if infected as symptoms will be mostly mild with vaccination. Risk of transmission will be low as others will also be vaccinated. There’ll be less worry about healthcare system being overwhelmed. No need for massive contact tracing, quarantining with each new infection. Those with positive results from regular fast and easy tests can confirm with a PCR test and then isolate themselves. Large gatherings allowed at major events, like the National Day Parade Businesses will have certainty that their operations will not be disrupted. Travel will restart, at least to countries that have achieved high level of vaccination and controlled the vir...

Only 0.05 per cent of vaccinated healthcare workers got severe Covid that required intensive care, showed a recent study released by Fortis Healthcare. The study covered over 16,000 healthcare workers across Fortis hospitals in the country, who were administered both first and second doses of the vaccine between January 2021 and May 2021.  Fortis said that this period included the period when India was recording 350,000-400,000 daily Covid-19 cases and these healthcare workers were treating Covid patients. Since healthcare workers by the nature of their job are at highest risk of exposure to the virus, the performance of the vaccines will be even better in case of the common man who is not exposed to such conditions. Read more: https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/only-0-05-fully-vaccinated-healthcare-workers-got-severe-covid-fortis-121061701236_1.html

Data from several countries like Chile, Bahrain, Mongolia suggest that the Chinese vaccines may not be very effective at preventing the spread of the Chinese Virus  These countries are using vaccines made by two Chinese vaccine makers, Sinopharm and Sinovac Biotech Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates were the first two countries to approve the Sinopharm shot, even before late-stage clinical trial data was released Since then, there have been extensive reports of vaccinated people falling ill in such countries The Chinese have also not been transparent about the clinical trials of their vaccines  Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/business/economy/china-vaccines-covid-outbreak.html

Unvaccinated people accounting for 99.2% of the over 18,000 confirmed Covid deaths in America in the month of May The data once again confirms that the vaccines are very effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths  CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Tuesday that the vaccine is so effective that “nearly every death, especially among adults, due to COVID-19, is, at this point, entirely preventable.” She called such deaths “particularly tragic.” Read more: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-941fcf43d9731c76c16e7354f5d5e187

 A vast majority of low-income people in the country often couldn’t afford to stay at home and maintain social distance. Every day spent at home meant a day without pay. Their cramped and poor living conditions didn’t help even when they stayed put. But many in India’s middle- and high- income classes had the means, and the choice, to abide by the guidelines.  And yet, they didn’t.  This is the story of how affluent Indians became Covid super-spreaders Read More: https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/big-story/how-affluent-indians-became-covid-superspreaders-111619175848141.html

Dr. Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director and Senior Pediatric Gastroenterologist of Apollo Hospitals said in a statement issued on Wednesday that,  "There were only two hospital admissions for minor symptoms, zero ICU admissions and deaths in the 69 healthcare workers working with the Apollo Hospital in Delhi who have tested positive for COVID-19 These findings are significant because more than half of the cohort were found infected with the B1.617 strain that is known to be highly infectious  Yet these workers were saved from the severe illness without vaccination coverage,” Now see how the Hindu has worded their headline which will serve to sow doubts about getting vaccinated in the minds of the common man who will read the headline and not the details Read More: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/69-healthcare-workers-of-apollo-hospitals-got-covid-19-even-after-vaccination/article34655072.ece