Rajasthan imposes fresh COVID-19 restrictions: Everything you need to know

COVID-19 test is mandatory for travellers entering Rajasthan.

Moneycontrol News

April 05, 2021 / 08:28 IST

The COVID-19 vaccination drive in India commenced on January 16. (Image: AP)

In view of surging COVID-19 cases, the Rajasthan government on April 4 announced strict lockdown-like restrictions. The state has imposed a night curfew and ordered the closure of multiplexes, gymnasiums.

Rajasthan reported 1,729 fresh coronavirus cases which pushed the infection tally to 3,39,325, while two fatalities took the toll in the state to 2,829 on April 5.

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The fresh cases included the highest of 258 in Jaipur, 225 in Kota and 194 in Jodhpur, the report said. The state has 12,878 active cases at present.

So far, 64,31,601 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Rajasthan.

COVID-19 Vaccine

Frequently Asked Questions

How does a vaccine work?

A vaccine works by mimicking a natural infection. A vaccine not only induces immune response to protect people from any future COVID-19 infection, but also helps quickly build herd immunity to put an end to the pandemic. Herd immunity occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population becomes immune to a disease, making the spread of disease from person to person unlikely. The good news is that SARS-CoV-2 virus has been fairly stable, which increases the viability of a vaccine.

How many types of vaccines are there?

There are broadly four types of vaccine — one, a vaccine based on the whole virus (this could be either inactivated, or an attenuated [weakened] virus vaccine); two, a non-replicating viral vector vaccine that uses a benign virus as vector that carries the antigen of SARS-CoV; three, nucleic-acid vaccines that have genetic material like DNA and RNA of antigens like spike protein given to a person, helping human cells decode genetic material and produce the vaccine; and four, protein subunit vaccine wherein the recombinant proteins of SARS-COV-2 along with an adjuvant (booster) is given as a vaccine.

What does it take to develop a vaccine of this kind?

Vaccine development is a long, complex process. Unlike drugs that are given to people with a diseased, vaccines are given to healthy people and also vulnerable sections such as children, pregnant women and the elderly. So rigorous tests are compulsory. History says that the fastest time it took to develop a vaccine is five years, but it usually takes double or sometimes triple that time.

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