Vaccine effectiveness of 99.3% has been observed in people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, suggest data uploaded on India COVID-19 Tracker till January 2.

The India COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker has been developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), merging three national databases, CoWIN, National COVID-19 Testing database and COVID-19 India portal, stated Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. The tracker shows vaccine effectiveness against death, i.e., the potential of vaccines to reduce death, making use of person time analysis from April 12, 2021 to January 2, 2022.

The minister said that according to the latest data analyzed and uploaded till January 2, a vaccine effectiveness of 99.3% has been seen in fully vaccinated individuals against COVID-19.

He further mentioned that the tracker is regularly updated and shows the effectiveness of partial and full vaccination… (TOI – PTI, February 4, 2022)