People apply cow dung in the belief it will ward off covid at a cow shelter in Ahmedabad
People at the Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Vishwavidya Pratishthanam Gaushala in Ahmedabad after undergoing ‘cow dung therapy’, which they believe will boost their immunity and protect them from Covid-19.
Based on the experience of over 100 days of vaccination, experts say India is in for a long haul. In case the pace of vaccination against coronavirus doesn’t shoot up drastically and more vaccine candidates are not included, India could take another 3.5 years to inoculate 70 per cent of its population.
India has seen an unprecedented rise in Covid-19 cases over the last three weeks with some states reporting over 50,000 daily coronavirus infections.
The states, which were reporting the highest number of Covid-19 cases till now, have started to show a sliding curve, and in some cases the coronavirus wave is showing signs of plateauing, the Union health ministry said in a press briefing on Tuesday.