A study conducted by the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals recently showed that the Covid 19 vaccines are not just protecting the people from Covid 19 but also from other severe illness and hospitalization.
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals Conduct Study Over Vaccinated Healthcare Workers
The study was conducted as a response to the many cases reported of infections after getting partially or completely vaccinated. However, the numbers were pretty small. Furthermore, concerns have been raised on the effectiveness of the vaccines against mutants.
The study included 69 symptomatic healthcare workers who had tested positive after getting jabbed with the Covidshield vaccines during the first 100 days of the vaccination drive that started in January this year.
The study analyzed nasopharyngeal samples for genome sequencing, in collaboration with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The study was conducted between January 16 and April 24.
Vaccinated Individuals Face Minor Symptoms but No Hospitalisation and Death
The study stated that genome sequencing is the key to identifying the nature of the virus and the variants. The 69 people who were observed for the study, 51 were fully vaccinated and the rest were partially vaccinated.
Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director and Senior Pediatric Gastroenterologist of Apollo Hospitals said that the infections occurred from B.1.617.2 lineage (47.83 percent), followed by B.1 and B.1.1.7 strains. There were only two hospital admissions (2.89 percent) for minor symptoms, but no ICU admissions and deaths, from this group.
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He claimed that these findings are important because many were found to be infected with the Variant of Concern but escaped severe illness. Variants of Concern are mutated versions of a virus that may spread more rapidly or may cause severe illness and hence notified for global monitoring by the World Health Organization and other multilateral health agencies.
Raju Vaishya, Senior Consultant, Orthopedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals said that they noticed that the post-vaccination SARS-COV-2 infections were seen only in a small subset of our healthcare workers.
This study concluded that the prior vaccination in the health care workers offered clear protection from severe disease due to variants requiring hospital and ICU admissions and deaths.
