On December 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a “precautionary dose” for healthcare and frontline workers as well as co-morbid seniors. (Reuters)
On December 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a “precautionary dose” for healthcare and frontline workers as well as co-morbid seniors.
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Those eligible for a “precautionary dose” of Covid-19 will not have to re-register themselves on the Kovin app, said Dr RS Sharma, head of the vaccination registration platform. He added that the beneficiaries can schedule their appointment only for the third dose in the same account.
On December 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a “precautionary dose” for healthcare and frontline workers as well as co-morbid seniors. The prime minister didn’t call it a “booster dose” as the third dose is called around the world.
The Center told states and union territories that people aged 60 years and above with co-morbidities will not be required to produce or produce any certificate from a doctor at the time of administration of the precautionary dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Such individuals are expected to consult their doctor before deciding to take a precautionary dose or a third dose.
“The idea is that the dosage is being introduced as a precautionary measure because there is a view that Indians already have hybrid immunity,” a government source said.
All of these people were being offered a “precautionary dose”, now that they had received a second dose of the vaccine about 6-8 months ago and there was a concern that given the gap, their immunity levels might drop.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the eligibility of such beneficiaries for the precautionary dose would be based on the date of administration of the second dose as recorded in the Covin system – completion of nine months i.e. 39 weeks from the date of administration of the second dose.
He had informed that CoWIN would send reminder messages to all those who are eligible for the precautionary dose, which would be reflected in the digital immunization certificates.
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