'Jaan Hai Toh Jahaan Hai': History TV18 documentary brings focus on India's untold story of war on Covid

-

New Delhi: “The word global pandemic is intimidating in itself and can rattle even the strongest of minds,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he narrated leading India’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic which not only broke spirits across the world but brought it to a standstill — economically, physically and emotionally.

Experiences such as these make up History TV18’s latest offering ‘The Vial – India’s Vaccine Story’ —  a documentary detailing the untold story of India’s grit and determination to ensure the Covid-19 vaccine reaches every citizen in the remotest parts of the country.

Narrated by actor Manoj Bajpayee, the 60-minute documentary that aired at 8 pm on Friday (24 March) traces India’s journey from deciding to develop a vaccine on its own to becoming the world’s saviour by providing the jabs to several countries.

In a first, PM Modi talks about how his government decided to end red-tapism and empower people to take decisions that would hasten the vaccine process. He also recalled how despite knowing the financial hardships people would face during the countrywide lockdown, it was the citizens who came forward to take part in Janta curfew.

“The only way to escape the pandemic is to save yourself. ‘Jaan hai toh jahaan hai’. I was able to educate people about this,” he said.

The documentary also features interviews of vaccine manufacturers — Adar Poonawala, CEO of Serum Institute of India, and Dr Krishna Ella, chairman of Bharat Biotech — among others such as Dr Shamika Ravi, public policy expert; Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, founder and chairman, Narayana health; Dr Priya Abraham, director, Pune’s National Institute of Virology; Dr Balram Bhargava, former DG, ICMR; Mansukh Mandaviya, Health Minister; and Bill Gates.

The film also salutes the spirit of several frontline workers who navigated not just tough terrains, inclement weather and lack of transportation but also rigid mindsets and vaccine hesitancy to ensure India’s inoculation programme earned praise worldwide and not a single Indian was left out of the ‘Suraksha Kavach’.

The country’s initiatives such as development of the CoWIN App and Vaccine Maitri to help other countries with the vaccine also found a mention in the documentary, serving as a reminder of how technology paired with the need to serve humanity and determination to defeat an invisible enemy can help the world power through a pandemic as big and debilitating as Covid-19.

Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News,
India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.



from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/q0vBLYM
FP Staff

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Both COVID-19 vaccine doses needed for good protection against B16172 variant

-
It’s been a concerning few weeks in the UK, with the B16172 variant first taking hold and then spreading to become dominant. This more infectious form of the virus, initially identified in India, is what we’re now going to have to live with – unless it is out-competed by another variant in the future. Worryingly, experts had predicted that B16172 might be able to escape some of the effects of vaccines, which if true would threaten to derail the UK’s plans to finish lifting restrictions from the end of June. However, Public Health England (PHE) has looked at the ability of various variants to evade immunity and says that the UK’s vaccines remain effective against the variants circulating, including B16172. On the surface, this looks like good news. But delve a bit deeper, and things get more complicated, says Paul Hunter, professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia. PHE’s research found a little drop-off in protection against B16172 among people who were fully vaccinated.
Read more

New coronavirus variant emerge in India: How should our COVID response change?

-
Image
After genome sequencing of over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in India, researchers have discovered a new variant with two new mutations which may be better at evading the immune system. In 15-20 percent of samples from the Indian state of Maharashtra (the state accounting for 62 percent of cases in the country) a new, double mutation in key areas of the virus has been detected. These are now known as the E484Q and L452R mutations. What makes the variant different? Both these mutations are concerning because they are located in a key portion of the virus – the spike protein – that it uses to penetrate human cells. Spike proteins attach via a “receptor binding domain”, meaning the virus can attach to receptors in our cells. These new mutations include changes to the spike protein that make it a “better fit” for human cells. This means the virus can gain entry more easily and multiply faster. Given what we have seen with other similar mutations , it might also make it harder for our immu
Read more

120 flights delayed, 30 trains running late; Delhi fog & cold wave continue to give shiver to travellers

-
Arrival and departure of 120 flights, both domestic and international, to Delhi airport were affected due to dense fog and cold wave conditions on Wednesday, according to Delhi Airport FIDS (Flight Information Display System). As per the Delhi Airport FIDS, a total of 53 flights, including 21 domestic arrivals, 16 domestic departures, 13 international departures and three international arrivals scheduled are cancelled and not operating due to fog and other operational reasons from and to Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in the national capital on 17 January. #WATCH | Delhi: Several flight operations delayed at IGI airport due to low visibility amid fog. pic.twitter.com/hG1DUKllEt — ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2024 Visuals from the Delhi airport showed passengers waiting outside, checking update of their scheduled flights. There were also some people waiting for flight of their families, friends and loved ones to arrive, which got delayed due to fog. #WATCH | Delhi | Pas
Read more