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The Hindu Editorial (Allaying concerns) – Mar 18, 2021

The Hindu Editorial (Allaying concerns) – Mar 18, 2021

A little over 392 million doses of vaccine have been administered globally, according to the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker, with India accounting for around 9% of them. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Allaying concerns) – Mar 18, 2021.

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The Hindu Editorial (Allaying concerns) – Mar 18, 2021:

  1. allay (verb) – reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen; alleviate, ease, relieve.
  2. vaccination (noun) – treatment with a vaccine to protect against a particular disease; immunization.
  3. ingredient (noun) – element, part, component.
  4. dose (noun) – an amount/quantity of something.
  5. vaccine (noun) – a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.
  6. administer (verb) – dispense, provide, give, apply (a drug/vaccine).
  7. account for (phrasal verb) – constitute, comprise, form, represent.
  8. flurry (noun) – spate, series, succession.
  9. fraction (noun) – a (small) proportion/part/amount of something.
  10. vaccinate (verb) – inoculate, administer, introduce (with a vaccine to provide immunity against a disease).
  11. lead to (verb) – result in, cause, bring about, call forth, give rise to, produce.
  12. cascade (noun) – a large number of things happening at the same time.
  13. halt (noun) – stop, close, end.
  14. Oxford vaccine/Covishield (noun) – (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) or (AZD1222) is a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, UK Ltd. (named Covishield in India). Serum Institute of India (SII), a biotechnology company has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University for this vaccine candidate ‘Covidshield’.
  15. underline (verb) – underscore, emphasize, highlight.
  16. occurrence (noun) – appearance, existence; incidence, prevalence.
  17. in fact (phrase) – actually, really, as a matter of fact.
  18. so far (phrase) – until now, up to the present, up to this point.
  19. background (noun) – circumstances, context, conditions, situation.
  20. advocate (verb) – recommend, prescribe, advise, favour.
  21. ongoing (adjective) – continuing, happening/occurring.
  22. drive (noun) – campaign, crusade, movement, effort, push.
  23. accelerate (verb) – increase, speed up, expedite, hurry up.
  24. keep pace with (phrase) – progress at the same speed as.
  25. pandemic (noun) – the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area.
  26. call for (phrasal verb) – require, publicly ask/necessitate, demand.
  27. candidate vaccine BNT162b2 (noun) – mRNA-based vaccine candidate produced by Pfizer and BioNTech.
  28. candidate vaccine mRNA-1273 (noun) – mRNA-1273 is an an mRNA vaccine candidate which was co-developed by Moderna and investigators from NIAID’s Vaccine Research Center.
  29. authorisation (noun) – approval, sanction, permission, consent, clearance.
  30. profile (noun) – description, outline; summary of details.
  31. replete with (adjective) – filled with, well supplied/stocked with, overloaded.
  32. take off (phrasal verb) – remove, discard, shrug off.
  33. untoward (adjective) – unexpected, unanticipated, inappropriate, inconvenient.
  34. far (adverb) – very much, considerably, markedly, significantly.
  35. outweigh (verb) – be greater than; take priority over, prevail over; offset, cancel out.
  36. weigh on (one’s) mind (phrase) – to create/produce a lot of worry/problem, particularly for a long period of time.
  37. regulator (noun) – an association that supervises a particular business activity.
  38. bar (noun) – barrier, restriction, limitation.
  39. rely on (phrasal verb) – depend on; resort to, have recourse to.
  40. exemplify (verb) – clarify, represent, illustrate (as an example).
  41. trial (noun) – test, pilot study, experiment (phase 1, 2,3, and or human/clinical trial).
  42. pave the way for (phrase) – clear the way for, make preparations for, put things in order for.
  43. as well as (phrase) – and also, and in addition.
  44. expertise (noun) – proficiency, skill, knowledge, command.
  45. transparency (noun) – clarity, straightforwardness, openness, honesty, unambiguity.
  46. prompt (adjective) – quick, swift, rapid, speedy, fast.
  47. thereby (adverb) – as a result of that.
  48. one’s strong suit (phrase) – forte, strong point, strength, talent, skill.
  49. in spite of (phrase) – despite, notwithstanding, regardless of.
  50. scant (adjective) – little, little or no, minimal, hardly any.
  51. efficacy (noun) – In medicine, the ability of an intervention (for example, a drug or surgery) to produce the desired beneficial effect; effectiveness, efficiency, power.
  52. Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) (noun) – An Adverse event following immunization (AEFI) is any untoward medical occurrence which follows
    immunization and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the usage of the vaccine. The adverse event may be any unfavourable or unintended sign, abnormal laboratory finding, symptom or disease.
  53. immunisation (noun) – the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. Vaccines stimulate the body’s own immune system to protect the person against subsequent infection or disease.
  54. adverse (adjective) – unfavourable, disadvantageous, bad.
  55. in contrast to (phrase) – in opposition to.
  56. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (noun) – The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. CDC is the U.S’s leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public’s health.
  57. zealous (adjective) – passionate, impassioned, enthusiastic, eager, purposeful, intense, single-minded.
  58. attention (noun) – concentration, care, observation, attentiveness.

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