Expectation: BCG vaccine may slow down community spread

The BCG vaccine used to prevent the spread of TB disease can slow the community spread of the corona epidemic within thirty days. The vaccine is administered within 15 days of birth to protect children from TB.

This increases the immunity of children and they protect against infectious diseases. Scientists in the report published in the American paper Science Advances say the BCG vaccine has been successful in controlling its spread and deaths in the first thirty days of the onset of infection.

According to the researchers, as of March 29, a total of 2467 patients died of the corona. Had the BCG vaccine been made compulsory, the figure would have been 468, which is only 19 percent of the total deaths. This result has been revealed after a study of 135 countries.

Researchers say that vaccination of BCG is carried out in the vaccination campaign of India and China, as a result of which the rate of deaths there is low. Some doctors also believe that the BCG vaccine is effective in preventing corona.

But too early to say clearly

Public health expert Dr. Anant Bhan says that the BCG vaccine will protect it from corona, it is circumstantial, but not scientific. It is too early to say anything clearly. This is because it is used not only in India but also in Brazil and there have been a large number of patients and deaths.

Similarly, Dr. Shashank Joshi, dean of the Indian College of Physicians, says that the BCG vaccine is mandatory in Portugal and there are very few cases of corona there, while the situation in its neighboring Spain is bad. To check the effect of the vaccine, 18 medical colleges have been tested on 250 patients, the result of which will come in the next two-three months.