92% Covid deaths this year among unvaccinated, shows govt data

Says rational to open schools, resume normal affairs while taking precautions

Unvaccinated individuals made up for 92 per cent of the total Covid deaths in January-February 2022, according to data shared by the Indian Council of Medical Research. 

Vaccination, the government said, has brought the country to a low coronavirus phase encouraging opening up of schools, economic activity. The government, however, stressed that the threat of Omicron is not over yet. 

“Vaccines have protected the nation in the surge. We are in a vaccine-enabled low coronavirus phase. It is rational to open schools, colleges, resorts, economic activities and normal affairs of society. But we should be intact and watchful of change in the