ABSTRACT

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Since the time the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the whole world is racing to develop vaccines. Vaccines that are in the development stage are also not a panacea. Preliminary studies have revealed that the ‘antibodies’ formed post vaccinations do not last long, vaccination with some of them resulting in potential protection for just 2 to 3 months. This would mean a need for repeated vaccinations? Concurrently, some scientists thought that vaccination of the Asian Population with BCG Vaccines, may have played a role to reduce the incidence and morbidity due to COVID-19 in Asian nations and the data for India on the spread, recovery and mortality reflect this to some extent.