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Vaccinations, comprehensive preventive measures needed to curb COVID-19 in India: experts

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Mumbai, India - April 26, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of medical workers in protective suits
2. Various of patients, medical workers in ward

New Delhi, India - April 20, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Ambulance running

New Delhi, India - May 1, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. People waiting for vaccination
5. Various of medical workers preparing vaccines
6. Various of people receiving vaccines

Raleigh, USA - May 4, 2021 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Krishna Udayakumar, director, Duke Global Health Innovation Center (starting with shots 2-6):
"So if you look at India on sheer numbers, they vaccinated 159 million doses used in the country, which is the third best in the world. And yet just given the size of the population, we know that less than 10 percent of the population has received even the first dose of vaccine. And domestic manufacturing rates are about 70 to 80 million doses a month, which is substantial, but relative to the population, significantly inadequate to meet local and urgent needs. So we have to find solutions, which really include global assistance, and we have to be able to temporize the situation using public health measures. And in the long-term, we absolutely have to ramp up availability of vaccines."

New Delhi, India - May 3, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of residents waiting for vaccination
9. Medical worker administrating vaccine to elderly woman
10. Various of patients in ward

Raleigh, USA - May 4, 2021 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Krishna Udayakumar, director, Duke Global Health Innovation Center (starting with shot 10):
"We do expect the amount of vaccines available to be significantly higher into the second half of this year and into next year. So we are talking about months to years before most low and middle-income countries, including India, have enough vaccines to be able to cover significant portions of their populations. Which brings us back to everything else that's required in terms of distancing, potential lockdowns in the short term, significant uptick in testing. All of the public health measures we know have to be in place because we can't just wait for vaccines."

New Delhi, India - May 3, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Patients lying on beds, water bottles
13. Various of oxygen tanks

Mumbai, India - May 4, 2021 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sanjeeva Srivastava, professor of proteomics, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (starting with shot 13/ending with shots 15-20):
"Things are already being implemented, for instance, many states including Maharashtra are currently under lockdown, and those have actually tried to control it at some level. There has been several efforts by the government and others to build some temporary centers for more treatment. But ramping up the entire testing facilities as well as providing medication to people on time is a really huge challenge, given lot of limitations we have and what we are essentially saying is the metro cities of India. But what is the major problem is also the smaller cities where there's lot of unavailability of medications and lot of other testing facilities. So we have to also look into those and see like how best we can spread the resources to almost all parts of India, not restricted to certain places."

New Delhi, India - May 1, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
15. Various of empty street, closed stores

New Delhi, India - May 3, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
16. Entrance of Ambedkar hospital
17. Various of residents in masks waiting outside hospital

Danda Makundpur Village, Odisha, India - April 29-30, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
18. Various of villagers
19. Villagers riding motorcycles on road

Mumbai, India - May 1, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
20. Various of people at entrance of closed vaccination site
21. Sign reading "vaccination center closed"

Storyline


India should adopt comprehensive epidemic prevention measures, while ramping up availability of vaccines to curb the second wave of COVID-19 epidemic, according to experts in a TV program aired on Tuesday by China Global Televion Network.

India's COVID-19 infections have hit an all-time high, with over 300,000 confirmed cases per day for more than a week. The death toll already surged past 200,000.

The country has administered over 159 million doses of vaccines since it kicked off its inoculation drive in January, but it's still not enough given the its large population, according to Krishna Udayakumar, director of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center in the United States.

"So if you look at India on sheer numbers, they vaccinated 159 million doses used in the country, which is the third best in the world. And yet just given the size of the population, we know that less than 10 percent of the population has received even the first dose of vaccine. And domestic manufacturing rates are about 70 to 80 million doses a month, which is substantial, but relative to the population, significantly inadequate to meet local and urgent needs. So we have to find solutions, which really include global assistance, and we have to be able to temporize the situation using public health measures. And in the long-term, we absolutely have to ramp up availability of vaccines," said Udayakumar.

He pointed out that as everybody in the world is looking for more vaccines, it is hard for India to get enough vaccines in short term.

He said the Indian government should adopt comprehensive preventive measures to curb the spread of the disease in the country, including lockdowns and mass testing, before getting enough vaccines.

"We do expect the amount of vaccines available to be significantly higher into the second half of this year and into next year. So we are talking about months to years before most low and middle-income countries, including India, have enough vaccines to be able to cover significant portions of their populations. Which brings us back to everything else that's required in terms of distancing, potential lockdowns in the short term, significant uptick in testing. All of the public health measures we know have to be in place because we can't just wait for vaccines," said Udayakumar.

Sanjeeva Srivastava, professor of proteomics at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, said India has already adopted measures to control the spreading, but he stressed that these measures should not been limited to major cities only.

"Things are already being implemented, for instance, many states including Maharashtra are currently under lockdown, and those have actually tried to control it at some level. There has been several efforts by the government and others to build some temporary centers for more treatment. But ramping up the entire testing facilities as well as providing medication to people on time is a really huge challenge, given lot of limitations we have and what we are essentially saying is the metro cities of India. But what is the major problem is also the smaller cities where there's lot of unavailability of medications and lot of other testing facilities. So we have to also look into those and see like how best we can spread the resources to almost all parts of India, not restricted to certain places," said Srivastava.

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  • ID : 8193640
  • Dateline : May 4, 2021/Recent
  • Location : India United States
  • Category : health
  • Duration : 3'14
  • Audio Language : English/Nats
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2021-05-05 18:07
  • Last Modified : 2021-05-05 21:29:00
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India/USA-Coronavirus/Experts

Vaccinations, comprehensive preventive measures needed to curb COVID-19 in India: experts

Dateline : May 4, 2021/Recent

Location : India United States

Duration : 3'14

  • English


Mumbai, India - April 26, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of medical workers in protective suits
2. Various of patients, medical workers in ward

New Delhi, India - April 20, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Ambulance running

New Delhi, India - May 1, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. People waiting for vaccination
5. Various of medical workers preparing vaccines
6. Various of people receiving vaccines

Raleigh, USA - May 4, 2021 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Krishna Udayakumar, director, Duke Global Health Innovation Center (starting with shots 2-6):
"So if you look at India on sheer numbers, they vaccinated 159 million doses used in the country, which is the third best in the world. And yet just given the size of the population, we know that less than 10 percent of the population has received even the first dose of vaccine. And domestic manufacturing rates are about 70 to 80 million doses a month, which is substantial, but relative to the population, significantly inadequate to meet local and urgent needs. So we have to find solutions, which really include global assistance, and we have to be able to temporize the situation using public health measures. And in the long-term, we absolutely have to ramp up availability of vaccines."

New Delhi, India - May 3, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of residents waiting for vaccination
9. Medical worker administrating vaccine to elderly woman
10. Various of patients in ward

Raleigh, USA - May 4, 2021 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Krishna Udayakumar, director, Duke Global Health Innovation Center (starting with shot 10):
"We do expect the amount of vaccines available to be significantly higher into the second half of this year and into next year. So we are talking about months to years before most low and middle-income countries, including India, have enough vaccines to be able to cover significant portions of their populations. Which brings us back to everything else that's required in terms of distancing, potential lockdowns in the short term, significant uptick in testing. All of the public health measures we know have to be in place because we can't just wait for vaccines."

New Delhi, India - May 3, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Patients lying on beds, water bottles
13. Various of oxygen tanks

Mumbai, India - May 4, 2021 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sanjeeva Srivastava, professor of proteomics, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (starting with shot 13/ending with shots 15-20):
"Things are already being implemented, for instance, many states including Maharashtra are currently under lockdown, and those have actually tried to control it at some level. There has been several efforts by the government and others to build some temporary centers for more treatment. But ramping up the entire testing facilities as well as providing medication to people on time is a really huge challenge, given lot of limitations we have and what we are essentially saying is the metro cities of India. But what is the major problem is also the smaller cities where there's lot of unavailability of medications and lot of other testing facilities. So we have to also look into those and see like how best we can spread the resources to almost all parts of India, not restricted to certain places."

New Delhi, India - May 1, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
15. Various of empty street, closed stores

New Delhi, India - May 3, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
16. Entrance of Ambedkar hospital
17. Various of residents in masks waiting outside hospital

Danda Makundpur Village, Odisha, India - April 29-30, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
18. Various of villagers
19. Villagers riding motorcycles on road

Mumbai, India - May 1, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
20. Various of people at entrance of closed vaccination site
21. Sign reading "vaccination center closed"


India should adopt comprehensive epidemic prevention measures, while ramping up availability of vaccines to curb the second wave of COVID-19 epidemic, according to experts in a TV program aired on Tuesday by China Global Televion Network.

India's COVID-19 infections have hit an all-time high, with over 300,000 confirmed cases per day for more than a week. The death toll already surged past 200,000.

The country has administered over 159 million doses of vaccines since it kicked off its inoculation drive in January, but it's still not enough given the its large population, according to Krishna Udayakumar, director of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center in the United States.

"So if you look at India on sheer numbers, they vaccinated 159 million doses used in the country, which is the third best in the world. And yet just given the size of the population, we know that less than 10 percent of the population has received even the first dose of vaccine. And domestic manufacturing rates are about 70 to 80 million doses a month, which is substantial, but relative to the population, significantly inadequate to meet local and urgent needs. So we have to find solutions, which really include global assistance, and we have to be able to temporize the situation using public health measures. And in the long-term, we absolutely have to ramp up availability of vaccines," said Udayakumar.

He pointed out that as everybody in the world is looking for more vaccines, it is hard for India to get enough vaccines in short term.

He said the Indian government should adopt comprehensive preventive measures to curb the spread of the disease in the country, including lockdowns and mass testing, before getting enough vaccines.

"We do expect the amount of vaccines available to be significantly higher into the second half of this year and into next year. So we are talking about months to years before most low and middle-income countries, including India, have enough vaccines to be able to cover significant portions of their populations. Which brings us back to everything else that's required in terms of distancing, potential lockdowns in the short term, significant uptick in testing. All of the public health measures we know have to be in place because we can't just wait for vaccines," said Udayakumar.

Sanjeeva Srivastava, professor of proteomics at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, said India has already adopted measures to control the spreading, but he stressed that these measures should not been limited to major cities only.

"Things are already being implemented, for instance, many states including Maharashtra are currently under lockdown, and those have actually tried to control it at some level. There has been several efforts by the government and others to build some temporary centers for more treatment. But ramping up the entire testing facilities as well as providing medication to people on time is a really huge challenge, given lot of limitations we have and what we are essentially saying is the metro cities of India. But what is the major problem is also the smaller cities where there's lot of unavailability of medications and lot of other testing facilities. So we have to also look into those and see like how best we can spread the resources to almost all parts of India, not restricted to certain places," said Srivastava.

ID : 8193640

Published : 2021-05-05 18:07

Last Modified : 2021-05-05 21:29:00

Source : China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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