New Delhi “Newer versions are coming. The booster dose will also enhance immunity,” Dr. Naresh Trehan, Chairman and Managing Director, Medanta – The Medicity said in an interview on Friday.
Trehan’s remarks came after the Union Health Ministry announced that all people above the age of 18 years will get covid booster Or the precautionary dose from Sunday, April 10. These doses will be available only in private immunization centres, official data from the government said.
Dr. Naresh Trehan also mentioned that there is enough data to show that booster dose Helping people protect themselves from infection.
Notably, the expert warned about new mutations of the deadly virus in the human population at a time when Shanghai is battling its worst outbreak and the UK has seen a large part of its population affected by the new XE variant of the coronavirus. Is.
Doctors also welcome the government’s decision to start administration precautionary dose For everyone over the age of 18. The center has said that a beneficiary can get a booster shot after the completion of nine months of the second dose.
“I welcome this move by the government. I think there was enough clinical data to show that the booster dose is helping people and protecting them from infection and re-infection. Also If people become infected with the virus, the intensity is very mild.”
“Acknowledging the value established by this move, the government’s decision to introduce booster doses will protect the population. It is a good move and I welcome the move by the medical community. We have seen in patients that booster doses protects the people.” Dr Trehan said.
India on January 10 this year started giving precautionary doses to frontline workers, healthcare workers and people above 60 years of age with comorbidities. Later, on March 16, the vaccination campaign for the precautionary dose was extended to all adults over the age of 60.
The Health Ministry informed that so far, about 96% of all over 15 population in the country have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, while about 83% of all over 15 population have received both doses of the vaccine. are over.
More than 2.4 crore precautionary doses have also been given to health workers, frontline workers and people above 60 years of age.
A total of 45% of people aged 12 to 14 years have received the first dose. He is being given the Corbevax vaccine, which is manufactured by biological E.
The ministry said that the first and second doses for the eligible population as well as precautionary doses for healthcare workers, frontline workers and people above 60 years of age will continue and be accelerated through government immunization centres.
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