Do People Have Faith in Covid Vaccines?

In India, over 71 percent of the population has expressed faith in effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccination drives undertaken to arrest the surge.

Yes, over 71% of the population in India were found to have faith in the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccines, reveals a new study.

Of them, 48.1 per cent people said they strongly believe the Covid vaccines will be effective, while 23.8 percent just agreed.

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‘"IISc researchers are designing a low-cost and efficient oxygen concentrator and developing a vaccine for treating Covid patients," said Sudhakar after a virtual interaction with the state-run institute's Director Govindan Rangarajan.’

The IANS-CVoter Covid surevy was conducted between January 1 to May 27 with total of 56,685 participants. A total of 10.8 percent questioned the "effectiveness" the vaccines.

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The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is developing anti-COVID vaccine, and a low-cost oxygen concentrator, said Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar.

Source-IANS