Booster doses on the way! Here’s why India gears up for this ‘precautionary dose’

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PM Modi in a surprise address to the nation on December 25 announced that cpvod-19 vaccination for children in the 15-18 age group will start from January 3. The World Health Organisation has stated that the booster doses of covid vaccines should be introduced based on firm evidence, for those groups who are at higher … Read more

NTAGI meeting: No final recommendation on additional vaccine dose, vaccine for children in the meeting

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COVID-19: After a long meeting on Monday amid the rising Omicron cases, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), government’s top vaccine advisory failed to arrive at any conclusion on a booster dose requirement or vaccination for children. The government’s top vaccine advisory gathered a meeting to decide whether an additional dose should be given … Read more