In July 2022, India crossed 200 crore vaccinations in the country. This was merely 547 days from the start of the vaccination drive
Braving a Viral Storm is the saga of India’s fortitude and collective resolve (1/10)
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Braving a Viral Storm is the saga of India’s fortitude and collective resolve (1/10)
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.@c_aashish and @surajbrf use extensive data to follow the story, starting right from global perspectives on the unlikeliness of a pandemic (2/10)
They explain the development of the vaccine both in scientific and political terms and the series of triumphs over political, financial, and geographical hurdles that followed (3/10)
This book tells how our self-belief played a key role in bouncing back from the pandemic and put the nation on the path of Aatmanirbharta, or self-dependence (4/10)
The writers cover late 2019, a dreaded pathogen started spreading faster than any other virus in recent history every country had its unique challenges, but none more than India (5/10)
The book includes the scale, complexity, and diversity of the country, coupled with its deep global economic integration, which meant India had to find counters to the pandemic by evolving its own financial, healthcare, and social models (6/10)
Braving a Viral Storm tells the readers that India did just under the decisive political leadership of Prime Minister @narendramodi and ingenuity of Indian pharmaceutical firms and their scientists and a whole-of-government approach (7/10)
India overcame everyone’s worst fears and potential disasters (8/10)
Chandorkar and Sudhir explain that India created its vaccine intellectual property, used technology to distribute the doses, and helped the world in the true spirit of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, which means the world is one family (9/10)
The result was the vast vaccine coverage in the country as well as the extensive aid provided to other nations (10/10)
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