An ICMR study found that COVID-19 vaccination did not increase the risk of unexplained sudden deaths among youth. Instead, factors like past COVID-19 hospitalisation, family history, and lifestyle choices significantly elevate this risk
Five years after Covid-19, THE WEEK speaks to Dr Pragya Yadav, leading scientist at ICMR's National Institute of Virology, who was leading the early detection of the Covid-19 virus back in 2020 and was also a frontrunner in the development of India's indigenous vaccine, Covaxin
