PGI expert addresses Aryans students on COVID-19 vaccination
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 25 2021:
To create awareness about vaccination for the coronavirus pandemic among students & faculty members, a webinar on "COVID-19 vaccination" was organized at Aryans College of Pharmacy.
Dr SS Pandav, chairman COVID-19 Vaccination Committee, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh interacted with faculty members and the students of B Pharmacy & D Pharmacy.
The GNM & ANM students of Aryans Institute of Nursing also attended the session.
Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the webinar.
Dr Pandav, while interacting with the students said that to stop the spread of COVID-19 in community, all should stay safe by taking some simple precautions, such as physical distancing, wearing face masks, keeping rooms well ventilated, avoiding crowds, cleaning and washing hands, and coughing into a bent elbow or tissue.
Vaccination is a safe and effective way to prevent disease and save lives, now more than ever, he said.
He further said that COVID-19 vaccines are going through a rigorous, multi-stage testing process, including large trials that involve tens of thousands of people.
These trials, which include some groups at high risk for COVID-19 are specifically designed to identify any common side effects or other safety concerns.
But, rumours are being spread about the efficacy of vaccines and it seems that people are hesitant to get inoculated, he mentioned.
While answering the students' questions, he further discussed that vaccines reduce risks of getting diseases.
When one get a vaccine, the immune system responds.
The vaccine is therefore a safe and clever way to produce an immune response in the body, without causing illness.
But it takes two to three weeks to get full immunity after one gets the second dose, he said.
Krishna Singla, convener of the event said that vaccines are the technology that humanity relied upon to bring down infection rate and the death toll.
To bring this pandemic to an end, the world needs to be immune to this life threatening virus with a vaccine, he stressed.