COViD-19 and the Challenges in World’s Largest Vaccination Drive in India

Abstract

COViD-19's second wave has placed India into a state of emergency. Since the beginning of April 2021, the country has seen an extraordinary influx of corona positive cases. Due to COViD-19, our country is in the midst of the world's worst crisis. Many reports and articles about the lack of hospital beds, oxygen cylinders, ICU beds, ventilators, and other medical supplies were published (both print and electronic) in this second wave, exposing the flaws in our country's healthcare system. On January 16, 2021, the Indian government launched the world's largest vaccination effort, but we still have a long way to go in vaccinating our 1.4 billion people. India, after China, is the world's second most populous country, accounting for approximately 17.5 percent of the global population. This post aims to emphasize the issues that our country is currently facing, as well as possible solutions to combat this deadly illness.