key: cord-0736871-8ffjv6yt authors: Chakraborty, Chiranjib; Ranjan, Ashish; Bhattacharya, Manojit; Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy; Lee, Sang-Soo title: The current second wave and COVID-19 vaccination status in India date: 2021-05-20 journal: Brain Behav Immun DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.05.018 sha: 9dbeb1811da001a74eea60478d3f8d0f9d323e0d doc_id: 736871 cord_uid: 8ffjv6yt Recently, India is at risk due to the exponential rising of COVID-19 infection, which generated a second wave. This infection rise may affect the vaccination program in India, and it can also affect vaccine production. In this manuscript, we have discussed the psychosocial and political factors that have driven the current wave of India. We have also tried to depict the psychosocial and political obstacles that are impairing the vaccination program. Recently, India is at risk due to the exponential rising of COVID-19 infection, which generated a 33 second wave. This infection rise may affect the vaccination program in India, and it can also 34 affect vaccine production. In this manuscript, we have discussed the psychosocial and political 35 factors that have driven the current wave of India. We have also tried to depict the psychosocial 36 and political obstacles that are impairing the vaccination program. India's cost-effective COVID-19 vaccine 144 development initiatives Ongoing Clinical Trials of Vaccines to Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic A brief history of vaccines & vaccination in India. The Indian journal of 149 India's COVID-19 emergency India's massive COVID surge puzzles scientists India's COVID-vaccine woes-by the numbers India's role in COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy Coronavirus variants are spreading in India -what scientists know This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.