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Take COVID-19 vaccine & get a chance to win a TV set, mobile phone

To increase the vaccination coverage the Imphal West district administration has decided to hold a mega vaccination cum bumper draw program with the slogan ''Get a shot, win a prize'' scheduled to be conducted at three centers in the district on October 24, October 31, and November 7, they said.

October 17, 2021 / 11:44 IST
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People in Manipur's Imphal West district will get a chance to win a television set, mobile phone, or blankets if they take the COVID-19 vaccine in the mega vaccination camp which will be held, officials said.

To increase the vaccination coverage the Imphal West district administration has decided to hold a mega vaccination cum bumper draw program with the slogan ''Get a shot, win a prize'' scheduled to be conducted at three centers in the district on October 24, October 31, and November 7, they said.

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A notification issued by Deputy Commissioner Imphal West district Th Kirankumar informed that those who get their vaccination at the three centers will have a chance to participate in a bumper draw and win prizes.

The first prize is a big-screen television set, the second is a mobile phone, the third will be blanketed along with 10 other consolation prizes, the notification said.

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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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