The COVID-19 vaccines available in India are nearly 97% effective in preventing mortality due to the illness, while vaccination also decreases hospitalization significantly, suggests the assessment of real time vaccination data from the COVID Vaccine tracker.

Analysis of the data indicates that one dose of COVID -19 vaccine is 96.6% effective in preventing death, while two doses are 97.5% effective, stated Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr Balram Bhargava. The data has been evaluated for the period from April to August and does not differentiate between the different COVID vaccines being administered in the country, stated Dr Bhargava. This soon to be launched tracker also provides data to monitor re-infections and breakthrough infections and combines data from Co-WIN, the national COVID-19 testing database and the COVID-19 India portal of the health ministry… (ET Healthworld – TNN, September 10, 2021)