If we want to bring this infection down to extremely low levels then maybe we would want to vaccinate our children as well.Soumya SwaminathanChief Scientist, World Health Organisation- Everyone should understand that COVID-19 vaccines don't give you blanket cover against the virus. You might still get the infection.Dr Jalil ParkarSenior Pulmonary Consultant, Lilavati Hospital
- India needs to develop a multi-pronged vaccination strategy to achieve 10 million doses per day that covers every citizen of India, in not just urban areas but also rural areas, to beat the Covid-19 pandemic.Dr Randeep GuleriaDirector, AIIMS
- Everyone should take the vaccine especially at a time when we are talking about the third and fourth wave. There should be no vaccine hesitancy. Raghu SharmaMinister of Health & Family Welfare, Rajasthan
- Our mission at Google has been to make information useful for every individual. And that's why we have COVID news across search, maps on our platform in eight different languages.Anal GhoshSenior Program Manager, Google India
- Coronavirus is not going to go away by itself. We either need to immune our people by vaccination or at least 70-80 per cent people should get infected with the virus.Dr Faheem YounusChief of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland
- The number of vaccination will increase in India. So far we have vaccinated 20 crore people. There is no problem with scalability.RS SharmaCEO, National Health Authority & CoWin Chief
- To build confidence in vaccines, we have to put pros and cons and how they have been built and rolled out in public. This will help build confidence among people.Dr Mathew VargheseHead of Orthopaedics, St Stephens Hospital
- The new variants have much more infectivity. In this wave we are seeing if 1 person gets infected, he/she infects the whole family. Earlier this was not the case. Dr Suneela GargDirector Professor & Head, Community Medicine – MAMC, Member, The Lancet Covid-19 Commission
- When we rolled out vaccination programme in our villages, we gave training to 7,000 people for giving vaccine. Today, we can administer 3-3.5 lakh vaccines in a day.T.S. Singh DeoMinister of Health, Chhattisgarh
- Antibody cocktail is a very effective weapon against COVID-19 infections caught within a week. President Trump got the cocktail and soon got to work. Dr Naresh TrehanChairman, CII Healthcare Council, Chairman & Managing Director, Medanta - The Medicity
- Firstly, we need to open up gradually. Secondly, we need to follow COVID appropriate behaviour. Thirdly, vaccinate as many people as possible.Dr Ambrish MithalChairman and Head of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Max Healthcare- Pan-Max, Saket
- Vaccinating is the fastest way to prevent another wave. Vaccination can't stop an immediate wave, but it can prevent another one.Eric Feigl-DingSenior Fellow, Federation of American Scientists
- We have to keep our guard up and be vigilant. The worst is not over and I think it's important that everybody comes together and do their part.Arjun KapoorActor
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