On 12 January 2020,
the WHO confirmed that a novel coronavirus, identified to the WHO on 31
December 2019, was the cause of respiratory disease in a group of people in
Wuhan, Hubei, China.
India reported its
first coronavirus case on 30th January
2020 in Kerala. The person affected had a history of travelling from Wuhan,
China.
In March, the
transmissions expanded after testing positive for many people with travel
records to affected countries and their contacts.
A 76-year-old man with a travel background in
Saudi Arabia became India's first COVID-19 fatality on 12 March.
By attending a Sikh
festival in Anandpur Sahib during March 10-12, a Sikh preacher who had a travel
background to Italy and Germany converted into a "super spreader"
There have been twenty-seven COVID-19 cases traced back to him.
On 27 March, over
40,000 people in 20 villages in Punjab were quarantined to avoid the spread.
A Tablighi Jamaat
religious congregation event in Delhi, which had taken place earlier in March,
emerged on 31 March as a new super-spreading virus event, after several cases
were traced back to it across the world.
The Ministry of
Health announced on 18 April that 4,291 cases were directly related to the
incident.
India's path to two
million cases took 158 days, with at least 90 per cent of these cases following
the lifting of the hard national lockdown declared at the end of March, a
strategy that officials and experts said had bought the country valuable time
to set up isolation centers, add hospital beds, and improve the infrastructure
of testing.
In mid-December 6
coronavirus vaccines were under clinical trials. On January 3rd, DGCI approved
2 vaccines made in India.
The Serum Institute
of India, the largest manufacturer of vaccines in the world, has joined up with
Oxford-AstraZeneca to produce Covishield.
In collaboration
with the Indian Council of Medical Research, Covaxin was indigenously developed
by Bharat Biotech (ICMR).
On 4th January,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the approval given to two coronavirus
vaccines as a 'decisive turning point' in the drive against Covid-19, saying
that the progress would speed up India's process of becoming a virus-free
country.
The dry run of the
coronavirus vaccine was conducted on 5th
January 2020 at 259 sites in all states and union territories spread
over 116 districts. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the vaccines for
Covid-19 would be given to everyone in the country at no cost.
India has finally
set a date for January 16, 2021, for the coronavirus vaccination campaign after
several dry runs and trials. The Narendra Modi government on Saturday declared
the date of the drive, which is seen as the largest coronavirus vaccination
campaign worldwide, after several training sessions and two pan-India mock
drills.
After a critical
meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the decision was made.
For the
distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, as many as 41 destinations across India have
been finalized.
Mini hubs for the
supply of coronavirus vaccines in northern India will be built in the national
capital and Karnal. Kolkata will be the center for the eastern area and will
also be a north Eastern nodal point.
Meanwhile, the
allocated points for Southern India will be Chennai and Hyderabad.
Priority will be
provided to frontline staff from different sectors such as health, education
and the police in the first process, which will be launched on 16 January. In
Step 1 of the coronavirus vaccination programme, the government plans to
vaccinate about 3 crore individuals. The second step will see those who get the
Covid shot with co-morbidities. People over the age of 50 would have priority.
PM Modi said two
'Made in India' vaccines would save the globe. Although there was some debate
about the inclusion of Biotech's Covaxin in the emergency authorization of
coronavirus vaccines, government officials sought to convince the masses about
the safety and effectiveness of the corona shots.
Over 1 crore Indians were diagnosed with
Covid-19 viral infection, according to the latest bulletin released by the
Health Ministry. Because of corona complications, over 1.5 lakh individuals
lost their lives. Transporting the vaccine would be a big challenge in a
tropical country like India.
The Centre has
released specific instructions on what measures must be taken by those
administering the vaccines in order to prevent any last-minute hassle. The
strict adherence to the temperature protocol while transporting the vaccine was
the main feature of the guide. The involvement of individuals will be the
second component of the vaccination campaign.
India could be
helped to achieve herd immunity by a greater number of people getting
vaccinated. There are 79 lakh people who have already been enrolled via the
Co-WIN app.
After a year of Covid 19 pandemic, India has managed to control the situation of increasing Covid-19
cases. The pandemic year of 2020 showed us that we can bear, may the new year
of 2021 all the negative energy and enlighten our lives.
Written by - Anushka
Jain
Edited by – Adrija Saha
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