Tamil Nadu policemen who have been inoculated showing significant results. Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, the ICMR said its "study reveals that Covid-19 vaccine is effective in preventing deaths among front line workers," showing 82% effectiveness on state police personnel who had received a single shot and 95% on those administered with two doses.
The study was done by the state police department, ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology and Christian Medical College, Vellore.
The study was published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR). Of the 1,17,524 police personnel in Tamil Nadu, between February 1 and May 14, 2021, 32,792 received one dose, 67,673 received two doses while 17,059 did not receive any vaccine dose at all,