98 railway staff who succumbed to Covid had been vaccinated: Indian Government

[beijingwalker]

98 railway staff who succumbed to Covid had been vaccinated: Indian Government
Dipak K Dash / TNN / Jul 30, 2021, 22:56 IST

NEW DELHI: Out of 2,952 railway employees who died due to Covid-19, 98 had taken Covid vaccine, the railway ministry told Lok Sabha on Friday.

In a written reply to a question from three MPs on number of persons railway personnel killed in the pandemic and how many of them had been vaccinated, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "Out of a total of 1,57,496 cases found Covid positive after RT-PCR test, 2,952 railway employees have died due to Coronadisease. As per records available, 98 of the 2,952 deceased railway employees had taken Corona vaccine."

The ministry also said there is a policy for giving appointment on compassionate ground to dependents of its employees who lose their lives in the course of duty or die in harness or are medically incapacitated.

"Dependents of family members of railway employees who lost their lives to Covid-19 are covered under the scheme of compassionate ground appointment. Out of a total of 2,952 cases of deaths due to Corona disease, settlement dues have been paid to the families of the deceased railway employees in 2,857 cases and compassionate appointment has been provided in 1,931 cases," the reply mentioned.

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India News: NEW DELHI: Out of 2,952 railway employees who died due to Covid-19, 98 had taken Covid vaccine, the railway ministry told Lok Sabha on Friday.

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[UKBengali]

Ok, assuming the ones that died were fully vaccinated then we can say the efficacy against death is 97%.

Not bad going for the AstraZeneca Vaccine.

 

[beijingwalker]

Ok, assuming the ones that died were fully vaccinated then we can say the efficacy against death is 97%.

Not bad going for the AstraZeneca Vaccine.

Death prevention should be 99%, infection prevention could be lower . China hasn't seen any death for almost a year.

 

[jamal18]

Death prevention should be 99%, infection prevention could be lower . China hasn't seen any death for almost a year.

It will be interesting to see why there have been no deaths in China.

 

[beijingwalker]

It will be interesting to see why there have been no deaths in China.

A lot of death happened during early stage of Wuhan outbreak including many doctors and medical workers, cause it was a new virus and no one knew about thing about it, no medicine avalaible for it and no ones knew how to treat it. Later on several medicine were found effective for this virus and medical workers gained a lot of experience and recovered from initial shock.


China fough it as a real war, many medical workers left their wills and bidded final goodbyes to their families before plunging into this battle

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[jamal18]

A lot of death happened during early stage of Wuhan outbreak including many doctors and medical workers, cause it was a new virus and no one knew about thing about it, no medicine avalaible for it and no ones knew how to treat it. Later on several medicine were found effective for this virus and medical workers gained a lot of experience and recovered from initial shock.


China fough it as a real war, many medical workers left their wills and bidded final goodbyes to their families before plunging into this battle

First Look Inside the New Coronavirus Hospital in Wuahan finished in 8 days

First Look Inside the New Coronavirus Hospital in wuahan finished in 8 days It took 8 days for the construction from leveling the goundwork of a swamp to admitting patients. Two patients per ward, with all built-in support medical facilities of a regular hospital and bathroom with shower, big...

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If nobody is dying it means the virus has died out in China.