: Should you take a booster shot? As Covid-19 cases rise again, here’s what the experts say #IndiaNEWS India’s daily tally of Covid-19 cases has more than doubled, climbing to over 7,584 as of June

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Should you take a booster shot? As Covid-19 cases rise again, here’s what the experts say #IndiaNEWS
India’s daily tally of Covid-19 cases has more than doubled, climbing to over 7,584 as of June 10 from 3,500 infections recorded until a month ago. Simultaneously, there has been an increase in the uptake of booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.A booster dose is a third shot of a Covid-19 vaccine. In India, it is also called a precautionary dose and administered nine months after the second dose was given. On April 10, the Indian government approved booster doses at private centres for those aged 18 years and above. At government centres, free booster shots are limited to senior citizens, health and frontline workers. The demand for booster doses briefly rose to 10 lakh-15 lakh shots per week in April, only to dip by the end of the month. With daily cases on the rise since mid-May, the demand for booster shots again rose, touching 21.08 lakh doses between May 21-May 28. “The demand is higher than what we saw in March or April,� said Dr Sachin Desai, state immunisation officer in Maharashtra, where 30%-40% of the daily vaccinations are of precautionary doses. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var...Read more

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