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India Coronavirus dispatch: Science, health likely to be key focus in 2021

SpiceJet health firm's plan for vaccine rollout, a new British govt study on the UK variant, 2020 in pictures-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

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The pandemic has been a reality check for the government in terms of being self-reliant since India was not even producing simple items like ventilators at the start of the outbreak.

Bharath Manjesh New Delhi
What we can expect in 2021 from health and science

No doubt the Covid-19 pandemic was a disruptive event of mammoth proportions. However, it does also provide an opportunity to make structural changes that were necessary. This report in The Indian Express talks about the factors that will likely impact the fields of science and technology, and health.

The pandemic has been a reality check for the government in terms of being self-reliant since India was not even producing simple items like ventilators at the start of the outbreak. There is likely to be a push towards supporting domestic manufacturing of components