‘Studies show after Covid vaccination chances of hospitalisation reduce by 75-80 pc’

New Delhi, Jun 18 (PTI): Studies have shown that following vaccination the chances of hospitalisation among healthcare workers reduce by 75-80 per cent even after contracting Covid and oxygen requirement comes down to 8 per cent, the government said on Friday.
Almost 85 per cent decline has been noted in daily new cases since the highest reported peak on May 7, it said. About 78.6 per cent decline has been recorded in total active COVID-19 cases since the peak reported on May 10, it added. A sharp decline of 81 per cent has been noted in weekly case positivity rate. It was the highest at 21.6 per cent between April 30-May 6, the government said. There are 513 districts with COVID-19 positivity rate less than 5 per cent, it said.

Four held for fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination camp:

Mumbai: Mumbai police have arrested four persons for allegedly duping a housing society in suburban Kandivali by organising a COVID-19 vaccination camp fraudulently in the name of a private hospital, an official said on Friday. In a complaint submitted to the police, the Hiranandani Heritage Residents Welfare Association (HHRWA) had said that a vaccination camp was arranged by the residential complex on May 30. But later it found that the Co-WIN portal did not have any record of the people who participated and they received certificates in the name of different hospitals. The members had also expressed fears that the vaccine administered could be spurious. Police have arrested four persons, who were involved in organising the COVID-19 vaccination camp at the housing society. Besides them, one more person, who had procured vaccines for the camp has been detained at a railway station in Madhya Pradesh and a team of Mumbai police bringing him to the city, Additional Commisioner of Police (North) Dilip Sawant said.