# No rush: A full-scale roll out of vaccines for children looks unlikely this year, as the Centre wants to gather more data to formulate a streamlined programme that could, for instance, prioritise children with co-morbidities.
# Micro-containments: Amidst a spike in new daily Covid-19 cases, Gujarat has imposed micro-containment zones in two localities in Ahmedabad city for the first time since the end of the second wave in April-May.
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# Peer reviewed and published: Covaxin, a vaccine developed by India’s government medical research agency and Bharat Biotech International, was found to have a 77.8 per cent efficacy rate against symptomatic Covid-19 in a long-awaited analysis published in The Lancet.
# Supply disruptions: US President Joe Biden cited India and Brazil to explain how the complex global supply chain has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in higher prices and long delays in shipment of products ahead of Christmas.