The Union health ministry on Wednesday said that the breakthrough infection rate after taking the first and the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccines approved in India remained low for both Covaxin and Covishield vaccines - currently being used in the national vaccination drive. Also, 695 people tested positive after taking the second dose of the vaccine, which is again 0.04 per cent of the 1,737,178 beneficiaries of the second jab. Also read | In second wave, India has twice the number of 2020's active Covid-19 cases: GovtWhat is breakthrough infection? He also suggested that “the current highly transmissible” second wave of Covid-19 might also have contributed to the breakthrough infection rates. According to the Union health ministry, more than 130 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the country as of 8am on the day.

Source: Hindustan Times April 21, 2021 12:56 UTC