Covid being endemic is as mystical and mythical as herd immunity: N K Arora

'Vaccine equity not possible if we include imported mRNA vaccines in our programme', said Arora

With low infection and hospitalisation rates, India is ‘in a good space’. But N K ARORA, head, Covid-19 working group, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, tells Sohini Das that a new and targeted communication strategy is in the works to increase vaccination coverage. There are no plans to bring in imported messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines for kids yet. Edited excerpts:

What is the role of vaccination coverage in terms of mutant variants of Sars-CoV-2 that are emerging?

What is driving the mutations in the Sars-CoV-2 virus is difficult to ascertain from a global perspective. There is one school of thought that